SCHEDULE
14A
Proxy
Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Filed by the Registrant |
x |
Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant |
o |
Check
the
appropriate box:
o |
Preliminary Proxy Statement |
o |
Confidential, For Use of the Commission
Only |
x |
Definitive Proxy Statement |
|
(as
permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
|
o |
Definitive Additional Materials |
|
|
o |
Soliciting Materials Pursuant to Rule
14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12 |
|
|
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
|
(Name
of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
|
|
|
(Name
of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the
Registrant)
|
Payment
of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
o |
Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
|
(1) |
Title
of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
|
(2) |
Aggregate
number of securities to which transaction
applies:
|
(3) |
Per
unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to
Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee
is calculated and state how it was
determined):
|
(4) |
Proposed
maximum aggregate value of
transaction:
|
o |
Fee
paid previously with preliminary
materials:
|
o |
Check
box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange
Act Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee
was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number,
or the form or schedule and the date of its
filing.
|
(1) |
Amount
previously paid:
|
(2) |
Form,
Schedule or Registration Statement
no.:
|
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
200
West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400
Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 33309
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To
be held on December 8, 2006
To
the
Shareholders of
Streicher
Mobile Fueling, Inc.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the
2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc. (the
“Company”) will be held at The
Westin Fort Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Drive, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida,
on
December 8, 2006 beginning at 9:00 a.m. local time. At the meeting, shareholders
will act on the following matters:
|
· |
Elect
seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are
elected;
|
|
· |
Approve
a change of the Company’s name to SMF Energy
Corporation;
|
|
· |
Approve
the merger of the Company with and into its wholly-owned Delaware
subsidiary, SMF Energy Corporation, for the sole purpose of changing
the
Company’s state of domicile; and
|
|
· |
Any
other matters that may properly come before the
meeting.
|
Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on October 20, 2006 are entitled
to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any postponement
or
adjournment thereof.
Your
vote
is important. Whether you plan to attend the meeting or not, you may vote your
shares by marking, signing, dating and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the
envelope provided. If you attend the meeting and prefer to vote in person,
you
may do so even if you have already voted your shares. You may revoke your proxy
in the manner described in the proxy statement at any time before it has been
voted at the meeting.
|
By
Order of the Board of Directors
LOUISE
P. LUNGARO
Secretary
|
October
30, 2006
Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
200
West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400
Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 33309
PROXY
STATEMENT
This
proxy statement contains information related to the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on December 8, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. local time, at The
Westin Fort Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or at
such other time and place to which the Annual Meeting may be adjourned or
postponed. The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of
Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc. The proxy materials relating to the Annual
Meeting are being mailed to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting on
or
about November 7, 2006.
ABOUT
THE MEETING
Why
are we calling this Annual Meeting?
We
are
calling the Annual Meeting to seek the approval of our shareholders
to:
|
· |
Elect
seven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are
elected;
|
|
· |
Approve
a change of the Company’s name to SMF Energy
Corporation;
|
|
· |
Approve
the merger of the Company with and into its wholly-owned Delaware
subsidiary, SMF Energy Corporation, for the sole purpose of changing
the
Company’s state of domicile; and
|
|
· |
Any
other matters that may properly come before the
meeting.
|
What
are the Board’s recommendations?
Our
Board
believes that the election of the nominated directors, the name change and
the
merger to Delaware are advisable and in the best interests of the Company and
its shareholders and recommends that you vote FOR the nominees, the name change
and the merger to Delaware
Who
is entitled to vote at the meeting?
Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date, October
20,
2006, are entitled to receive notice of the Annual Meeting and to vote the
shares of Common Stock that they held on that date at the meeting, or any
postponement or adjournment of the meeting. Holders of our Common Stock are
entitled to one vote per share on each matter to be voted upon.
As
of the
record date, we had 10,508,643 outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Who
can attend the meeting?
All
shareholders as of the record date, or their duly appointed proxies, may attend
the annual meeting. Please note that if you hold your shares in “street name”
(that is, through a broker or other nominee), you will need to bring a copy
of
your proxy card delivered to you by your broker or a legal proxy given to you
by
your broker and check in at the registration desk at the meeting.
What
constitutes a quorum?
The
presence at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a
majority of our Common Stock outstanding on the record date will constitute
a
quorum for our meeting. Signed proxies received but not voted and broker
non-votes will be included in the calculation of the number of shares considered
to be present at the meeting.
How
do I vote?
You
can
vote on matters that come before the Annual Meeting by completing, dating and
signing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage-paid
envelope.
Your
shares will be voted as you indicate on your proxy card. If you vote the
enclosed proxy but you do not indicate your voting preferences, and with respect
to any other matter that properly comes before the meeting, the individuals
named on the proxy card will vote your shares FOR the matters submitted at
the
meeting, or if no recommendation is given, in their own discretion.
If
you
attend the Annual Meeting and prefer to vote in person, you may do so even
if
you have already voted your shares by proxy.
What
if I vote and then change my mind?
You
may
revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by:
|
· |
filing
with the Secretary of the Company a notice of
revocation;
|
|
· |
sending
in another duly executed proxy bearing a later date;
or
|
|
· |
attending
the meeting and casting your vote in
person.
|
Your
latest vote will be the vote that is counted.
What
vote is required to approve the items of business?
For
purposes of electing directors, the nominees receiving the greatest number
of
votes of Common Stock shall be elected directors. Approval of the name change
requires the affirmative vote of a majority of our outstanding Common Stock.
Approval of the merger to Delaware requires the affirmative vote of a majority
of our outstanding Common Stock. Approval of any other matter that may properly
come before the Annual Meeting requires the affirmative vote of the majority
of
our outstanding Common Stock represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting
(unless such matter requires a greater vote under our Articles of
Incorporation).
Will
our independent auditors be present at the Annual
Meeting?
A
representative of Grant Thornton LLP, our independent auditors, is expected
to
be in attendance at the Annual Meeting and to be available to respond to
questions.
How
are we soliciting this proxy?
We
are
soliciting this proxy on behalf of our Board by mail and will pay all expenses
associated therewith. Some of the officers and other employees of the Company
also may, but without compensation other than their regular compensation,
solicit proxies by further mailing or personal conversations, or by telephone,
facsimile or other electronic means. We will also, upon request, reimburse
brokers and other persons holding stock in their names, or in the names of
nominees, for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for forwarding proxy
materials to the beneficial owners of the capital stock and to obtain proxies.
PROPOSAL
TO ELECT SEVEN INDIVIDUALS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Proposal
No. 1)
Nominees
The
Board
has fixed at seven the number of directors that will constitute the Board for
the ensuing year. Each director elected at the Annual Meeting will serve for
a
term expiring at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until his successor
has been duly elected and qualified. Wendell R. Beard, Richard E. Gathright,
Steven R. Goldberg, Nat Moore, Larry S. Mulkey, C. Rodney O’Connor and Robert S.
Picow, each of whom is an incumbent director, have been nominated to be elected
at the Annual Meeting by the holders of Common Stock and proxies will be voted
for such persons absent contrary instructions.
Our
Board
has no reason to believe that any nominee will refuse to act or be unable to
accept election; however, in the event that a nominee for a directorship is
unable to accept election or if any other unforeseen contingencies should arise,
it is intended that proxies will be voted for the remaining nominees and for
such other person as may be designated by the Board, unless it is directed
by a
proxy to do otherwise.
Each
of
the nominees for election as a director is a current member of our Board.
Mr. O’Connor has served as a director since 1999, Messrs. Beard, Gathright
and Picow have served as directors since 2001, Mr. Moore has served as a
director since 2006, Mr. Mulkey has served as a director since 2002, and
Mr. Goldberg has served as a director since 2005.
All
of
the members of the Board who were serving on the date of the last Annual
Meeting, December 9, 2005, attended that meeting.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE
ELECTION OF EACH OF THE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS TO THE
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
MANAGEMENT
Executive
Officers and Directors
Our
Named
Executive Officers, Directors and Director Nominees as of October 20, 2006
are
as follows:
The
following table sets forth the names, ages and titles of the Named Executive
Officers and members of the Board of Directors of the Company:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
and Office
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright
|
|
52
|
|
Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and
President
|
Michael
S. Shore
|
|
38
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Senior Vice President,
and
Treasurer
|
Paul
C. Vinger
|
|
36
|
|
Senior
Vice President, Fleet Operations
and
Corporate Planning
|
E.
W. Wayne Wetzel
|
|
59
|
|
Senior
Vice President, Lubricants
|
Gary
G. Williams
|
|
50
|
|
Senior
Vice President, Commercial Operations
|
Wendell
R. Beard
|
|
79
|
|
Director
|
Steven
R. Goldberg
|
|
55
|
|
Director
|
Nat
Moore
|
|
55
|
|
Director
|
Larry
S. Mulkey
|
|
63
|
|
Director
|
C.
Rodney O’Connor
|
|
71
|
|
Director
|
Robert
S. Picow
|
|
51
|
|
Director
|
Executive
Officers
Mr.
Gathright
has been
Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since November 2000, a
Director since March 2001 and Chairman of the Board since November 2002. He
is
responsible for the management of all business affairs of the Company, reporting
directly to the Board of Directors. He was an advisor on operational and
financial matters to the senior management of several domestic and international
energy companies from January 2000 through October 2000. From September 1996
to
December 1999, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of TransMontaigne
Inc., a Denver-based publicly owned company providing logistical services to
major energy companies and large industrial customers; a Director from April
1995 to December 1999; Executive Vice President from April 1995 to September
1996; and from December 1993 to April 1995 was President and Chief Operating
Officer of a predecessor of TransMontaigne. From 1988 to 1993, he was President
and Director of North American Operations for Aberdeen Petroleum PLC, a
London-based public company engaged in international oil and gas operations,
also serving on its Board of Directors. Prior to joining Aberdeen, he held
a
number of positions in the energy industry in the areas of procurement,
operations and management of oil and gas assets.
Mr.
Shore has
been
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company
since February 2002. He also was the Corporate Secretary from February 2002
to
September 2005. Prior to joining the Company, he was CEO and President of Shore
Strategic and Financial Consulting, providing financial, management and
information systems technology services to corporate clients in the United
States and Latin America. From 1998 to 2000, he served as Director of
Finance/Controller for the North American Zone Operations of Paris-based Club
Mediterranee. From 1996 to 1998, he was Vice President of Finance/Controller
for
Interfoods of America, Inc., the largest Popeyes Fried Chicken & Biscuits
franchisee. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Manager of Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Arby’s, Inc. Mr. Shore began his professional career in 1990 with
Arthur Andersen & Company where he became a Senior Auditor.
Mr.
Vinger has
been
Senior Vice President, Fleet Operations and Corporate Planning of the Company
since November 2002 and Vice President, Fleet Operations and Corporate Planning
for the Company since August 2001, managing all fleet operations and fuel
delivery functions, and additionally responsible for corporate planning and
analysis; and from December 2000 to August 2001, he was Director of Corporate
Planning. He was Senior Analyst of Corporate Planning and Finance for
TransMontaigne Inc. from September 1998 to December 2000, responsible for
operations and acquisitions analyses and the management of supply scheduling
and
product allocations. From 1997 to 1998, he was a Manager of Terminal Operations
for TransMontaigne responsible for petroleum product and chemical terminals.
From 1994 to 1997, he was a Research Associate for E. I. Dupont. From 1991
to
2001, Mr. Vinger served to the rank of Captain in the United States
Military.
Mr.
Wetzel has
been
Senior Vice President, Lubricants, of the Company and the President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Company’s subsidiary, H & W Petroleum Company, Inc.
(“H & W”), since the acquisition of H & W in October 2005. Prior to that
time and since 1980, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of H
&
W, of which he was also the co-founder in 1974. Under Mr. Wetzel’s leadership, H
& W came to be recognized as one of the top ten distributors in the
ExxonMobil (Lubricant) Network of Distributors. From 1974 to 1980, he served
in
various operating, sales and management positions with H & W. From 1966 to
1974, Mr. Wetzel served in positions of increasing responsibility with Harkrider
Distributing Company, Inc. (“HDC”) an entity related to H &W by some common
shareholder ownership. He became the Executive Vice President of HDC in 1979,
a
position that he also held after the formation of H & W and until the
acquisition of the operating assets of HDC by H & W in September 2005.
During his career, Mr. Wetzel has served on numerous lubricant industry advisory
boards and councils, including the National Lubricants Distributors Advisory
Council. He also served three years in the U. S. Army, including one tour in
Vietnam with the First Air Calvary.
Mr.
Williams has
been
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations of the Company since February
2001,
where he is responsible for Marketing and Sales and Product Procurement. From
1995 to February 2001, he was Vice President of Marketing for the supply,
distribution and marketing subsidiary of TransMontaigne Inc., managing wholesale
marketing functions in the Mid-Continent, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic and serving
on that company’s senior risk management committee. From 1987 to 1995, he was
Regional Manager for Kerr-McGee Refining Corporation, responsible for unbranded
petroleum product sales in its southeastern United States 11 state marketing
region. Mr. Williams was employed by Kenan Transport Company as its Tampa
Assistant Terminal Manager from 1986 to 1987. He was General Manager of Crum’s
Fuel Oil Service from 1980 to 1986.
Directors
and Director Nominees
Mr.
Beard
has
served as a Director of the Company since July 2001. He retired from Ryder
System, Inc. in June 1994 after 17 years of service, the last three years as
Executive Vice President responsible for corporate public relations,
advertising, government relations, special events and the Ryder Foundation.
From
August 1989 to June 1991, he served as Senior Vice President and from August
1987 to August 1989 as Vice President. From 1977 to 1984, he was Vice President
of Corporate Development for Truck Stops Corporation of America, a Ryder
subsidiary. He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Trucking
Associations, and for the past 16 years has been an advisor to the Truck Rental
and Leasing Association. He is Chairman of the Doral County Club in Miami;
Director of Baptist Health South Florida, a healthcare and hospital corporation;
and a member of the Orange Bowel Committee. Mr. Beard is a noted speaker to
the
trucking industry, business and civic groups. He is the father of Robert W.
Beard, the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Development.
Mr.
Goldberg
has
served as a Director of the Company since July 2005. He
is currently CEO of Miami based Sunbelt Diversified Enterprises LLC, a privately
owned holding company which acquires and oversees the operations of various
small cap companies in diverse industries. Previously, he was Senior Vice
President, Arrow Air II LLC, after
having previously served as Chief Financial Officer
of its affiliate Arrow Air, Inc., a Miami based all cargo airline with related
logistics and leasing entities. Prior to joining Arrow Air in 2004, he was
a
partner at Maplewood Partners LP, a private equity firm based in Coral Gables,
Florida. Mr. Goldberg served with Ryder System, Inc. and its subsidiaries for
12
years, from 2000 to 2001 and from 1987 to 1998, in positions including Senior
Vice President of Corporate Finance, Vice President of Corporate Development,
and Vice President and Treasurer of Ryder System, Inc.; and Chief Financial
Officer of Ryder Transportation Services. From 1998 to 2000 he was Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development of Republic Services, Inc., an environmental
services company. Prior to joining the Ryder group, Mr. Goldberg held positions
in the finance departments of Squibb Corporation and J.E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc., having started his career at Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York.
He
is a lecturer in finance at the undergraduate School of Business, University
of
Miami, as well as a guest lecturer at the Graduate School of Business in the
area of mergers and acquisitions.
Mr.
Moore
has
served as a Director of the Company since May 2006. He is currently the
President of Nat Moore & Associates Inc., an event management company
located in Miami, and the Founder of The Nat Moore Foundation, a charitable
organization that provides needed assistance to inner city organizations
supporting sports teams and scholarships. A former professional football player
with the Miami Dolphins, he is also Director of Special Projects, Alumni Affairs
for Miami Dolphins Limited and Director of Pro Bowl Youth Clinics for the
National Football League’s Special Events. Mr. Moore also served as the Director
of Super Bowl Youth Clinics for the National Football League’s Special Events
for 18 years. Mr. Moore also appears as a Color Analyst for the Miami Dolphins
Preseason Games on WFOR TV 4 and the University of Florida, Breakfast
with the Gators,
football game broadcasts, and as a sidelines reporter on Sports Talk Radio
AM790, The
Ticket,
for the
Miami Dolphins. He has also been a Color Analyst for Miami Hurricanes football
broadcasts. Mr. Moore is a 13 year veteran of the Miami Dolphins football team
and the ninth inductee into the Miami Dolphins Ring of Honor. Mr. Moore
currently serves on the Board of Directors of several other organizations,
including Sun Trust Bank N.A., the Nat Moore Foundation, the Orange Bowl
Committee, and the South Florida Golf Foundation.
Mr.
Mulkey has
served as a Director of the Company since November 2002. He is
currently the CEO and President of Mulkey & Associates, Inc., which provides
consulting services specializing in transportation and logistics, business
strategy, and real estate. He retired from Ryder System, Inc. in 1997 after
31
years of service, the last five years as President of Worldwide Logistics and
a
member of the executive committee. Mr. Mulkey has served as a board and/or
committee chairman in numerous organizations, including the American Trucking
Associations, and was the 1997 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award
of
the Council of Logistics Management which is the highest honor in the logistics
industry. He currently serves as a Director of Cardinal Logistics Management,
Inc., a private logistics and transportation company.
Mr.
O’Connor
has
served as a Director of the Company since July 1999. Mr. O’Connor assisted in
the reorganization and refinancing of the Company, and is its largest
stockholder. He is the Chairman of Cameron Associates, Inc., a financial
communications firm, he founded in 1976. Prior to 1976, he served in numerous
positions over a 20-year period in the investment industry with Kidder Peabody
and Bear Stearns. Mr. O'Connor serves as a Director of Fundamental Management
Corporation, a private fund management company whose partnerships hold an
investment in the Company. He also was a founder and Director of Atrix
Laboratories, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company focused
on advanced drug delivery which was sold in 2004.
Mr.
Picow
has
served as a Director of the Company since March 2001. Since May 2004 he has
served as Chairman of the Mobile Division of Cenuco, Inc., a public
communications technology company. From June 1996 to August 1997, he served
as
the Vice Chairman of Brightpoint, Inc., a publicly traded communications company
and was its President from June 1996 until October 1997. In 1981 Mr. Picow
founded Allied Communications, Inc., the pioneer U.S. wireless electronics
distributorship, serving 16 years as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and
President until the 1996 merger of Allied and Brightpoint. Since June 2001
he
has served a Director of Fundamental Management Corporation, a private fund
management company whose partnerships represent the largest holding in the
Company. He is also a Director of Infosonics Corporation, a multinational
telecommunications company, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the
Children’s Place at Homesafe.
Corporate
Governance
Independence
The
Board
of Directors has determined, after considering all of the relevant facts and
circumstances, that each of Messrs. Beard, Goldberg, Moore, Mulkey and Picow
is
independent from our management and qualifies as an “independent director” under
the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. This means that, in the judgment of the Board
of
Directors, none of those directors (1) is an officer or employee of the Company
or its subsidiary or (2) has any direct or indirect relationship with the
Company that would interfere with the exercise of his independent judgment
in
carrying out the responsibilities of a director. As a result, the Company has
a
majority of independent directors as required by the Nasdaq Marketplace
Rules.
Code
of Business Conduct
The
Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct that applies to all of the
Company’s employees, including its senior financial officer and chief executive
officer, which complies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
and Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. Accordingly, the Code is designed to deter
wrongdoing, and to promote, among other things, honest and ethical conduct,
full, timely, accurate and clear public disclosures, compliance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, the prompt internal reporting of
violations of the Code, and accountability. A copy of the Company’s Code of
Business Conduct is available on the Company’s website at
www.mobilefueling.com.
Communications
with the Board of Directors
Shareholders
may communicate with the Board of Directors by writing to the Board at Streicher
Mobile Fueling, Inc., 200 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33309.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) requires that
our Directors and Named Executive Officers and persons who own more than ten
percent of our Common Stock, file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of
Common Stock. Officers, directors and greater than ten percent shareholders
are
required by SEC rules to furnish us with copies of all ownership reports they
file with the SEC.
To
our
knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to
us
and representations that no other reports were required, during the period
ended
June 30, 2006, all required reports were filed timely.
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth certain summary information concerning compensation
paid or accrued by the Company for or on behalf of our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer and four other executive officers (the “Named Executive
Officers”) for the last three fiscal years.
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
Name
and Principal Position
|
|
Periods
|
|
Salary
|
|
Bonus
|
|
All
Other Compensation
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright,
|
|
|
7/1/05
- 6/30/06
|
|
$
|
335,422
|
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
12,461(1)
|
|
Chairman
of the Board,
|
|
|
7/1/04
- 6/30/05
|
|
$
|
299,731
|
|
$
|
20,000
|
|
$
|
3,769(1)
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
|
7/1/03
- 6/30/04
|
|
$
|
294,923
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
and
President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
S. Shore,
|
|
|
7/1/05
- 6/30/06
|
|
$
|
156,808
|
|
$
|
5,524
|
|
$
|
12,461(1)
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer,
|
|
|
7/1/04
- 6/30/05
|
|
$
|
128,500
|
|
$
|
15,000
|
|
$
|
11,769(1)
|
|
Senior
Vice President,
|
|
|
7/1/03
- 6/30/04
|
|
$
|
122,885
|
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
6,000(1)
|
|
and
Treasurer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paul
C. Vinger,
|
|
|
7/1/05
- 6/30/06
|
|
$
|
153,692
|
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
12,461(1)
|
|
Senior
Vice President,
|
|
|
7/1/04
- 6/30/05
|
|
$
|
128,500
|
|
$
|
15,000
|
|
$
|
3,769(1)
|
|
Fleet
Operations and
|
|
|
7/1/03
- 6/30/04
|
|
$
|
109,423
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Corporate
Planning
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eugene
Wayne Wetzel,
|
|
|
7/1/05
- 6/30/06
|
|
$
|
172,808
|
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
6,300
|
|
Senior
Vice President,
|
|
|
7/1/04
- 6/30/05
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Lubricants
|
|
|
7/1/03
- 6/30/04
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gary
G. Williams
|
|
|
7/1/05
- 6/30/06
|
|
$
|
153,692
|
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
12,461(1)
|
|
Senior
Vice President,
|
|
|
7/1/04
- 6/30/05
|
|
$
|
139,138
|
|
$
|
15,000
|
|
$
|
3,769(1)
|
|
Commercial
Operations
|
|
|
7/1/03
- 6/30/04
|
|
$
|
137,631
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
(1) |
Compensation
for automobile travel expenses
|
The
aggregate amount of perquisites and other personal benefits provided to each
Named Executive Officer is less than 10% of the total annual salary and bonus
of
such officer.
Employment
Contracts
The
Company entered into an employment agreement with Richard E. Gathright on
October 26, 2000, pursuant to which Mr. Gathright serves as Chief Executive
Officer and President of the Company. That agreement had a term of three years,
commencing on October 26, 2000. On September 25, 2003, the Company and Mr.
Gathright amended the terms of the agreement extending it from three to four
years and increased his annual base salary to $323,000. On September 23, 2004,
the Company and Mr. Gathright extended the term of the agreement until October
31, 2005. In March 2005, the agreement was amended and restated and further
extended to February 28, 2006, and provides for automatic one year extensions
thereafter unless either party gives notice of intent not to renew prior to
such
extension. As amended and restated, the agreement provides for a minimum annual
base salary of $323,000, participation with other members of management in
a
bonus program, whereby up to 10% of the Company’s pretax profits will be set
aside for bonus payments, and the grant of 500,000 options to purchase shares
of
the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $1.50 per share. The agreement further
provides that it may be terminated by the Company at any time and for any
reason. If the agreement is terminated by the Company without cause, Mr.
Gathright shall be due the greater of all base salary payable through the
remaining term of the agreement or eighteen months base salary, subject to
the
limitations on severance payments imposed by the American Jobs Creation Act
of
1986 and Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, which generally require
that
any such severance payments cannot begin until six months after the termination
of the executive’s employment. In the event Mr. Gathright’s severance payments
are so deferred, however, he will not be bound by the post-employment
restrictions on non-competitive employment, provided, however, that the Company
has the option of electing, at the time of termination, to pay Mr. Gathright
an
amount equal to his salary for such six month period in exchange for his being
immediately bound by the non-competition covenant. If the agreement is
terminated for cause, as defined, Mr. Gathright will not be entitled to the
severance payments specified.
The
Company has also entered into written employment agreements with certain other
officers and employees. The agreements vary in length of term and may provide
for severance payments upon termination without cause or for automatic renewal
for successive periods unless notice of termination is given prior to a renewal
period.
Stock
Option Information
The
following table sets forth, with respect to the Named Executive Officers,
certain information concerning the grant of stock options in the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2006.
Option
Grants In The
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2006
|
|
|
|
Individual
Grants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date
of
|
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Options
|
|
%
of Total Options Granted to Employees in Fiscal
|
|
Exercise
Price
|
|
Expiration
|
|
Potential
Realizable Value at Assumed Annual Rates of Stock Price Appreciation
for
Option Term (1)
|
|
Name
|
|
Grant
|
|
Granted
|
|
Year
|
|
($/share)
|
|
Date
|
|
5%($)
|
|
10%($)
|
|
Eugene
Wayne Wetzel
|
|
|
10/1/2005
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
19.58
|
%
|
|
3.60
|
|
|
10/1/2015
|
|
$
|
181,122
|
|
$
|
458,998
|
|
(1) |
Potential
realizable value assumes that the stock price increases from the
date of
grant until the end of the option term (10 years) at the annual rate
specified (5% and 10%). The 5% and 10% assumed annual rates of
appreciation are mandated by SEC rules and do not represent the Company’s
estimate or projection of the future price of the Common
Stock.
|
Stock
Option Exercises and Year-End Option Value Table
There
were no option exercises in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
Plan
Category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
(a)
|
Weighted
average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and
rights
(b)
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)
)
(c)
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
1996
Employee Stock Option Plan - 111,452
2000
Employee Stock Option Plan - 834,500 (1)
2001
Directors Stock Option Plan - 289,950
|
$4.53
$1.45
$1.75
|
-0-
204,710
60,050
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
Not
Applicable
|
Not
Applicable
|
Not
Applicable
|
Total
|
1,235,902
|
$1.80
|
264,760
|
(1) |
Under
the 2000 Plan, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock are reserved for
issuance
upon the exercise of options, with the amount reserved being increased
each year by ten percent of the total shares subject to the 2000
Plan at
the end of the previous calendar
year.
|
Meetings
and Committees of the Board of Directors
During
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Board of Directors held five meetings
and took action by unanimous written consent 19 times. No incumbent director
attended fewer than 75 percent of the aggregate of (i) the number of meetings
of
the Board of Directors held during the period he served on the Board, and (ii)
the number of meetings of committees of the Board of Directors held during
the
period he served on such committees. The Board of Directors has three standing
committees, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee.
Messrs.
Goldberg, Moore and Mulkey currently serve on the Audit Committee, which met
eight times in connection with the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, and took
action by unanimous written consent two times. The duties and responsibilities
of the Audit Committee include (a) the appointment of the Company’s auditors and
any termination of such engagement, including the approval of fees paid for
audit and non-audit services, (b) reviewing the plan and scope of audits, (c)
reviewing the Company’s significant accounting policies and internal controls
and (d) having general responsibility for oversight of related auditing
matters.
Messrs.
Beard, Mulkey and Picow currently serve on the Compensation Committee which
took
action by unanimous written consent 14 times during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2006. This Committee administers the 1996 and 2000 Stock Option
Plans and has the power and authority to (a) determine the persons to be awarded
options and the terms thereof and (b) construe and interpret the 1996 and 2000
Stock Option Plans. This Committee also is responsible for the final review
and
determination of compensation of the CEO and other executive
officers.
Messrs.
Beard, Moore and Mulkey currently serve on the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee. As of the date hereof, each member of the Nominating
and
Governance Committee is independent in the judgment of our Board and as required
by the listing standards of Nasdaq. They took action by unanimous written
consent one time in connection with the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The
Board adopted a charter for this Committee on October 1, 2003, a copy of
which was attached to the Company’s 2005 proxy statement as Appendix A. This
Committee is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become
directors of the Company, recommending to the Board director candidates to
fill
vacancies of the Board and to stand for election by the shareholders at the
Annual Meeting of the Company, periodically assessing the performance of the
Board, periodically reviewing and assessing the Company’s Code of Business
Conduct, and reviewing and recommending to the Board appropriate corporate
governance policies and procedures for the Company. The
Board
will, as a matter of policy, give consideration to nominees recommended by
shareholders. A shareholder who wishes to recommend a nominee should direct
his
or her recommendation in writing to the Company’s Board of Directors at the
Company’s address. Shareholder recommendations will be evaluated under the same
criteria as Board recommendations. There were no nominee recommendations
provided by shareholders for consideration for inclusion in this year’s proxy
statement.
Report
of the Audit Committee
The
Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors is established pursuant to our Bylaws and
the Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board of Directors on March 1, 2001,
and amended on May 14, 2003 and February 14, 2006. A copy of the Audit Committee
Charter, as amended February 14, 2006, is attached as Appendix A.
Management
is responsible for our internal controls and the financial reporting process.
Our independent auditors are responsible for performing the independent audit
of
our consolidated financial statements in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America and for issuing a report
thereon. The Audit Committee is comprised of three non-management directors
and
its responsibility is generally to monitor and oversee the processes described
in the Audit Committee Charter.
As
of the
date hereof, each member of the Audit Committee is independent in the judgment
of our Board and as required by the listing standards of Nasdaq. The Company
has
determined that Steven R. Goldberg is a “financial expert” as defined by the
SEC’s rules promulgated under Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
With
respect to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, in addition to its other work,
the Audit Committee:
|
·
|
Reviewed
and discussed with the Company’s management and the independent auditors
the quarterly reports for the periods ended September 30, 2005, December
31, 2005 and March 31, 2006; and reviewed and discussed the audited
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June
30,
2006;
|
|
·
|
Reviewed
with management and the independent auditors significant deficiencies
in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and management’s
conclusion that those significant deficiencies, considered in the
aggregate, amounted to a material weakness;
|
|
·
|
Provided
oversight and reviewed with management the Company’s completed, current
and planned initiatives to remediate the material weakness in its
internal
control over financial reporting identified by management;
|
|
·
|
Initiated
a program to monitor the progress of management’s remediation efforts;
|
|
·
|
Discussed
with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed
by
generally accepted auditing standards;
|
|
·
|
Received
from the independent auditors written affirmation of their independence
required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 and discussed
with
the auditors the firm’s independence; and
|
|
·
|
Met
with the Company’s independent auditors on several occasions without any
members of management being
present.
|
Based
upon the Audit Committee members’ review of the audited consolidated financial
statements for the year ended June 30, 2006 as prepared by management and
audited by Grant Thornton and the discussions with management and the auditors
referenced above, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that
those
audited consolidated financial statements be included in our Annual Report
on
Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Steven
R. Goldberg, Nat Moore and Larry S. Mulkey
Fees
paid to Grant Thornton LLP
For
the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006, Grant Thornton LLP provided
services in the following category and amount:
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
Audit
Fees(1)
|
|
$
|
135,397
|
|
$
|
336,693
|
|
All
Other Fees(2)
|
|
$
|
-0-
|
|
$
|
113,333
|
|
|
(1) |
Represents
the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for
the audit
and/or reviews of the Company’s financial statements and in connection
with the Company’s statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. Fiscal
year 2005 Audit Fees do not include fees paid for reviews of the
Company's
quarterly financial statements which were performed by the Company's
prior
auditors.
|
|
(2) |
Represents
fees for audit-related services for registration statement filings
made
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the conversion of promissory
notes, acquisitions of businesses, private placements and other related
services.
|
There
were no non-audit related services rendered to the Company by Grant Thornton
in
fiscal 2005 and 2006. While the Audit Committee has not established formal
policies and procedures concerning pre-approval of audit or non-audit services,
the Company’s executive officers have been informed that all audit and non-audit
services by the Company’s independent accountants must be approved in advance by
the Audit Committee. The establishment of any such formal policies or procedures
in the future is subject to the approval of the Audit Committee.
Report
of the Compensation Committee
The
Company’s executive compensation program is administered by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors, which is composed of Messrs. Beard, Mulkey
and Picow. As of the date hereof, in the judgment of our Board, each member
of
the Compensation Committee is independent as required by the listing standards
of the Nasdaq. The Committee's general philosophy with respect to compensation
of the Company’s executive officers has been to offer competitive compensation
designed to attract and retain key executives critical to the long-term success
of the Company and to recognize an individual’s contribution and personal
performance. The principal component of executive compensation has been base
salary. Executive officers may also be granted stock options and bonuses.
Base
Salaries.
Base
salaries are initially determined by evaluating the responsibilities of the
position held and by reference to the competitive marketplace for executive
talent through review of an individual’s background and overall expertise in the
Company’s line of business and the salaries of similarly situated executives.
The Company believes that it is competitive with respect to initial base
salaries. Increases to base salaries are also influenced by the performance
of
the Company and the individual against established goals and
objectives.
Stock
Options. The
Company’s 1996 and 2000 Stock Option Plans provide such an incentive through the
award of stock options to executive officers and other key employees, although
there are currently no shares available for grant under the 1996 Plan. The
Stock
Option Plans are administered by the Compensation Committee. During the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2006, a total of 80,000 options were granted to one Named
Executive Officer.
Bonuses.
The
Company maintains an incentive bonus program which provides for the payment
of
cash bonuses to executive officers and other key employees of the Company based
upon the Company’s financial performance and individual performance.
Employment
Agreements.
In
October 2000, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Richard
E.
Gathright, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, which was
amended and restated in March 2005 to, among other things, extend the term
to
February 28, 2006 and provide for one year automatic renewals thereafter. The
Company has also entered into written employment agreements with certain other
officers and employees. The agreements vary in length of term and may provide
for severance payments upon a termination without cause or for automatic renews
for successive periods unless notice of termination is given prior to a renewal
period.
Wendell
R. Beard, Larry S. Mulkey and Robert S. Picow
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
There
were no Compensation Committee interlocks or insider participation by Messrs.
Beard, Mulkey and Picow, all members of the Company's Compensation Committee,
during the last fiscal year.
Director
Compensation
The
Company compensates each non-employee director with a director’s fee of $2,000
per quarter. In addition, the Company’s directors are reimbursed for any
out-of-pocket expense incurred by them for attendance at meetings of the Board
of Directors or committees thereof. Because Mr. Goldberg serves as Chairman
of
the Audit Committee, he receives an additional fee of $4,000 per quarter.
Because Mr. Beard serves as Chairman of the Compensation and Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committees, he receives additional fees of $2,500 and
$1,500 per quarter, respectively, for serving as Chairman of these
Committees.
Each
non-employee who served as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors as of
May 10, 2001, the effective date of the Directors Plan, and each non-employee
who is elected or otherwise appointed as one of the Company’s directors
thereafter, received a fully vested option to purchase 20,000 shares of stock
exercisable at the closing price on the date of grant. In addition, on the
last
day of each fiscal quarter while the Directors Plan is in effect, each
non-employee director receives an additional grant of an option to purchase
625
shares, and effective March 31, 2006, that amount was increased by the whole
Board to 725 shares, at the closing price on the business day immediately
preceding the last day in the quarter. Further, in accordance with the Directors
Plan, additional options may be granted to non-employee directors from time
to
time on a discretionary basis.
Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions
C.
Rodney
O’Connor, a Director of the Company, is also Chairman of Cameron Associates,
Inc., a financial consulting and investor relations public relations firm,
which
has provided investor relations services to the Company since 1997. During
the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Company paid $80,039.63 to Cameron
Associates, Inc. for such services.
The
Company believes that the foregoing transaction was entered into in good faith
and on fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to the Company
than
those that would be available for comparable transactions in arm’s length
dealings with unrelated third parties.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership
of our Common Stock as of October 17, 2006 by (a) each person who owns
beneficially more than five percent of our outstanding Common Stock, (b) each
director or director nominee who owns any such shares, (c) the Named
Executive Officers and (d) our Directors and Named Executive Officers as a
group:
|
|
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned (1)(2)
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Percent
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright, Chairman of the Board , Chief Executive Officer and
President (3)
|
|
|
523,250
|
|
|
4.75
|
%
|
Michael
S. Shore, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
(4)
|
|
|
76,750
|
|
|
*
|
|
Paul
C. Vinger, Senior Vice President, Fleet Operations and Corporate
Planning
(5)
|
|
|
68,500
|
|
|
*
|
|
Eugene
Wayne Wetzel, Sr. Vice President, Lubricants (6)
|
|
|
16,000
|
|
|
*
|
|
Gary
G. Williams, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
(7)
|
|
|
79,250
|
|
|
*
|
|
Wendell
R. Beard, Director (8)
|
|
|
37,425
|
|
|
*
|
|
Steven
R. Goldberg (9)
|
|
|
23,425
|
|
|
*
|
|
Nat
Moore (10)
|
|
|
21,450
|
|
|
*
|
|
Larry
S. Mulkey, Director (11)
|
|
|
33,800
|
|
|
*
|
|
C.
Rodney O’Connor, Director (12)
|
|
|
1,137,733
|
|
|
10.79
|
%
|
Robert
S. Picow, Director (13)
|
|
|
230,901
|
|
|
2.19
|
%
|
Triage
Capital Management, L.P. (14)
|
|
|
483,318
|
|
|
4.40
|
%
|
Triage
Capital Management B, L.P. (15)
|
|
|
657,997
|
|
|
5.89
|
%
|
All
directors and executive officers as a group [11 persons]
(16)
|
|
|
2,248,484
|
|
|
19.64
|
%
|
(1) |
The
address of each of the beneficial owners identified is c/o Streicher
Mobile Fueling, Inc., 200 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 33309.
|
(2) |
Based
on 10,508,643 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Pursuant to the
rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), certain shares
of Common Stock which a person has the right to acquire within 60
days of
October 17, 2006 pursuant to the exercise of stock options are deemed
to
be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership
of
that person, but not the percentage ownership of any other
person.
|
(3) |
Includes
515,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 10,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of
options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(4) |
Consists
of 76,750 shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants
that
are presently exercisable. Excludes 10,000 shares issuable upon the
exercise of options that are not presently
exercisable.
|
(5) |
Includes
66,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 10,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of
options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(6) |
Includes
16,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are presently
exercisable. Excludes 64,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of
options
that are not presently exercisable.
|
(7) |
Includes
76,750 shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants
that are
presently exercisable. Excludes 10,000 shares issuable upon the exercise
of options that are not presently
exercisable.
|
(8) |
Includes
36,925 shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants
that are
presently exercisable.
|
(9) |
Consists
of 23,425 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(10) |
Consists
of 21,450 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(11) |
Consists
of 33,800 shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants
that
are presently exercisable.
|
(12) |
Includes
33,425 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are presently
exercisable.
|
(13) |
Includes
40,425 shares issuable upon the exercise of options and warrants
that are
presently exercisable.
|
(14) |
Consists
of 483,318 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently exercisable.
Triage has identified Leonid Frenkel as the Managing Member of Triage
Capital LF Group LLC which acts as the general partner to the general
partner of Triage Capital Management, L.P., as a natural person with
sole
voting and dispositive power over them. Based on a Schedule 13G filed
with
the SEC on July 11, 2006.
|
(15) |
Consists
of 657,997 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants that are
presently exercisable. Triage
has identified Leonid Frenkel as the Managing Member of Triage Capital
LF
Group LLC which acts as the general partner to the general partner
of
Triage Capital Management B, L.P., as a natural person with sole
voting
and dispositive power over them. Based on a Schedule 13G filed with
the
SEC on July 11, 2006.
|
(16) |
Includes
939,950 shares of options
and warrants that are presently exercisable. Excludes 104,000 shares
issuable upon the exercise of options that are not presently
exercisable.
|
PERFORMANCE
TABLE
The
following table shows the cumulative total shareholder return of the Company’s
Common Stock over the fiscal period ended June 30, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and
2002, the five-month transition period ended June 30, 2001, and the fiscal
period ended January 31, 2001 as compared to the total returns of the NASDAQ
Stock Market Index and Russell 2000 Index. Returns are based on the change
in
year-end to year-end price and assume reinvested dividends. The table assumes
$100 was invested on January 31, 2001 in the Company’s Common Stock, NASDAQ
Stock Market Index and Russell 2000 Index.
|
|
Cumulative
Total Return
|
|
|
|
1/01
|
|
6/01
|
|
6/02
|
|
6/03
|
|
6/04
|
|
6/05
|
|
6/06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
66.67
|
|
|
55.56
|
|
|
49.78
|
|
|
59.56
|
|
|
96.89
|
|
|
115.56
|
|
NASDAQ
STOCK MARKET (U.S.)
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
78.73
|
|
|
55.38
|
|
|
61.50
|
|
|
77.63
|
|
|
78.17
|
|
|
83.41
|
|
RUSSELL
2000
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
101.65
|
|
|
92.83
|
|
|
91.31
|
|
|
121.78
|
|
|
133.28
|
|
|
152.71
|
|
PROPOSAL
TO APPROVE THE CHANGE OF
THE
COMPANY’S NAME TO
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Proposal
No. 2)
The
Company is proposing to change its corporate name to SMF Energy Corporation.
Because the Company now provides packaging, distribution and sale of lubricants
and chemicals and transportation logistics in addition to its historical
commercial mobile and bulk fueling operations, the current name does not
accurately portray its business. The Company believes that the new name will
help the Company establish a corporate identity that more accurately reflects
its current operations and continuing development into a diversified energy
service provider and product distributor serving a broad sector of businesses
and industries. The Company’s proposed name change is part of a broader strategy
to re-brand and align the Company’s historical operations with those of its
newly acquired subsidiaries while it capitalizes on the goodwill associated
with
its legacy name and those of its existing subsidiaries. The name change will
not
affect the Company’s ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Capital Market which will
remain as “FUEL.” Even after shareholder approval, however, the proposed name
change cannot be effected without the approval of the Company’s primary lender,
which approval is expected.
In
Proposal No. 3, the Company is proposing to reincorporate as a Delaware
corporation into the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SMF Energy Corporation.
That reincorporation would have the effect of changing the name of the Company
as proposed. If Proposal No. 3 to reincorporate in Delaware is not approved
by
the shareholders or cannot be effected for any other reason, but this Proposal
No. 2 to change the Company’s name is approved, the name change will be effected
by an amendment to its existing Florida Articles of Incorporation. If Proposal
No. 3 to reincorporate in Delaware is approved but this Proposal No. 2 to
change
the name is not approved, the Company will reincorporate in Delaware under
its
current name.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL
TO APPROVE
THE MERGER OF THE COMPANY
WITH
AND INTO ITS WHOLLY-OWNED DELAWARE SUBSIDIARY
FOR
THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
CHANGING
THE COMPANY’S STATE OF DOMICILE
(Proposal
No. 3)
The
Company, a Florida corporation, proposes to reincorporate as a Delaware
corporation. The reincorporation will be effected pursuant to an Agreement
of
Merger and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) by and
between the Company and SMF Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“SMF”) that was formed for the purpose
of merging with the Company to effect the reincorporation. The Company’s
directors have unanimously approved the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement,
the Delaware certificate of incorporation as filed and the amendment thereto
(“Delaware Certificate”) and the proposed Delaware bylaws (“Delaware Bylaws”)
are included as Appendices B, C and D respectively to this proxy statement.
Principal
Reasons for the Reincorporation
For
many
years, Delaware has followed a policy of encouraging incorporation in Delaware
and, in furtherance of that policy, has been the leader in adopting, construing,
and implementing comprehensive, flexible corporate laws that are responsive
to
the legal and business needs of the corporations organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Delaware has established
progressive principles of corporate governance that the Company could draw
upon
when making business and legal decisions. The direct benefit that Delaware
law
provides to corporations indirectly benefits the shareholders, since they are
the owners of the corporations, and because Delaware law is responsive to the
needs of shareholders, Delaware law also directly benefits
shareholders.
Many
corporations choose to incorporate in Delaware or choose to reincorporate in
Delaware, as the Company now proposes to do, in order to take advantage of
Delaware’s flexible and responsive corporate laws. The Company believes that the
Company itself and its shareholders would benefit from the flexible corporate
and legal environment provided by Delaware law, which it feels is a more
appropriate environment in which to operate than currently exists in Florida.
The Company’s Board of Directors considered the following benefits available to
Delaware corporations in deciding to propose the reincorporation:
|
·
|
the
DGCL, which is generally acknowledged to be the most advanced and
flexible
corporate statute in the country;
|
|
·
|
the
responsiveness and efficiency of the Division of Corporations of
the
Secretary of State of Delaware, including its use of modern computer
technology;
|
|
·
|
the
Delaware General Assembly, which each year considers and adopts statutory
amendments in an effort to ensure that the DGCL continues to be responsive
to the changing needs of business;
|
|
·
|
the
highly regarded Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme
Court,
which regularly handle complex corporate issues;
and
|
|
·
|
the
well-established body of case law construing Delaware law, which
has
developed over the last century and which provides businesses with
a
greater degree of predictability with respect to corporate legal
issues
than most, if not all, other U.S.
jurisdictions.
|
The
Company believes that, as a Delaware corporation, it will be better able to
attract and retain qualified directors and officers than it is as a Florida
corporation, in part, because Delaware law is more predictable with respect
to
the issue of liability of directors and officers than the law of Florida or
other states. The increasing frequency of litigated claims against directors
and
officers has greatly expanded the risks to directors and officers of exercising
their respective duties. The time and money required to respond to and litigate
such claims can be substantial. Although both Florida law and Delaware law
reduce or limit the monetary liability of directors for breaches of their
fiduciary duty of care, the predictability of Delaware law, as stated above,
affords officers and directors a greater degree of comfort as to their risk
of
liability than that afforded under Florida law. Reincorporation from Florida
to
Delaware may therefore make it easier to attract future candidates willing
to
serve on the Company’s Board of Directors, as many of these candidates already
will be familiar with Delaware corporate law, including provisions relating
to
director indemnification, from their past business experience.
No
Change in Business, Management, Jobs or Physical
Location
While
the
reincorporation will change the Company’s legal domicile, it will not result in
any change in headquarters, business, jobs, management or location of any of
the
Company’s offices or facilities, number of employees, assets, liabilities or net
worth, other than as a result of the costs incident to the reincorporation,
which the Company considers immaterial. The Company’s management, including all
directors and officers, will remain the same following the reincorporation.
The
Company’s executive officers and directors will not be entering into any new
employment agreements or other comparable arrangements in connection with the
reincorporation.
SMF
Energy Corporation
The
Company has formed SMF Energy Corporation as a wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary
exclusively for the purpose of merging with the Company to effect the
reincorporation. The address and phone number of SMF’s principal office will be
the same as the Company’s current address and phone number. Before the
reincorporation, SMF will have no material assets or liabilities and will not
have carried on any business. Upon completion of the reincorporation, the rights
of the shareholders of SMF will be governed by the DGCL and the Delaware
Certificate and the Delaware Bylaws of SMF.
Some
Implications of the Reincorporation
The
Merger Agreement provides that the Company will merge with and into SMF, with
SMF being the surviving corporation. Under the Merger Agreement, SMF will assume
all of the Company’s assets and liabilities, including obligations under the
Company’s outstanding indebtedness and contracts, and the Company will cease to
exist as a corporate entity. The Company’s existing Board of Directors and
officers will become the Board of Directors and officers of SMF. The Company’s
subsidiaries will become subsidiaries of SMF.
At
the
effective time of the reincorporation, (i) each outstanding share of the Company
’s Common Stock, $.01 par value automatically will be converted into one share
of common stock of SMF, $.01 par value. Shareholders will not have to exchange
their existing stock certificates for stock certificates of SMF. Upon request,
we will issue new certificates to anyone who holds the Company’s stock
certificates, provided that such holder has surrendered the certificates
representing the Company’s shares in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Any
request for new certificates will be subject to normal requirements including
proper endorsement, signature guarantee, if required, and payment of any
applicable taxes and fees.
Shareholders
whose shares of Common Stock were freely tradable before the reincorporation
will own shares of SMF that are freely tradable after the reincorporation.
Similarly, any shareholders holding securities with transfer restrictions before
the reincorporation will hold shares of SMF that have the same transfer
restrictions after the reincorporation. For purposes of computing the holding
period under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, shares issued pursuant
to the reincorporation will be deemed to have been acquired on the date the
holder thereof originally acquired the Company’s shares.
After
the
reincorporation, SMF will continue to be a publicly held corporation, with
its
Common Stock trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market. We will retain the same
trading symbol “FUEL.”
If
the
Company and SMF effect the reincorporation, all of the Company’s employee
benefit plans, including stock option and other equity-based plans, would be
continued by SMF, and each stock option and other equity-based award issued
and
outstanding pursuant to these plans would be converted automatically into a
stock option or other equity-based award with respect to the same number of
shares of common stock of SMF, upon the same terms and subject to the same
conditions as set forth in the applicable plan under which the award was granted
and in the agreement reflecting the award.
Anti-Takeover
Implications
Delaware,
like many other states, permits a corporation to include in its certificate
of
incorporation or bylaws or to otherwise adopt measures designed to reduce a
corporation’s vulnerability to unsolicited takeover attempts. The Company’s
Board of Directors, however, is not proposing the reincorporation to prevent
a
change in control and is not aware of any present attempt by any person to
acquire control of the Company or to obtain representation on the Company’s
Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors has no independent plans to
implement any defensive strategies to enhance the ability of the Board of
Directors to negotiate with an unsolicited bidder.
With
respect to the potential implementation of defensive measures in the future,
except as indicated below, Delaware law is preferable to Florida law because
of
the substantial judicial precedent on the legal principles applicable to
defensive measures. As either a Florida corporation or a Delaware corporation,
the Company could implement some of the same defensive measures. As a Delaware
corporation, however, the Company would benefit from the predictability of
Delaware law on these matters. However, Florida has “control share” and
“affiliated person” transaction statutes, which may not apply to corporations
incorporated elsewhere. While these anti-takeover provisions of Florida law
may
be effective in preventing takeovers, we do not believe that their potential
unavailability outweigh the value of reincorporating in Delaware. See the
comparative chart below.
Vote
Required For the Reincorporation Proposal
The
Merger Agreement was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Approval of the reincorporation proposal, which constitutes approval of the
Merger Agreement, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of
the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Even if approved by the
shareholders, the reincorporation will not be effected until we obtain the
approvals of (i) a majority of holders of the principal amount of each series
of
our 10% Senior Secured Notes due August 28, 2008, 10% Senior Secured Notes
due
January 24, 2010, and 10% Senior Secured Notes due August 31, 2010 (together,
the “Senior Note Holders”) and (ii) our primary lender. We expect to obtain
these approvals, which are required by the terms of our loan agreements with
these lenders. Once we have received all requisite approvals of this proposal,
we will effect the merger by action of the directors of SMF and SMF’s sole
shareholder, the Company, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
A vote in favor of the reincorporation proposal is a vote to approve the
Merger
Agreement. A vote in favor of the reincorporation proposal is also effectively
a
vote in favor of the Delaware Certificate and the Delaware Bylaws.
Comparison
of Shareholder Rights Before and After the
Reincorporation
The
voting rights, votes required for the election of directors and other matters,
removal of directors, indemnification provisions, procedures for amending our
charter, procedures for the removal of directors, dividend and liquidation
rights, examination of books and records and procedures for setting a record
date will not change in any material way. However, there are some material
differences between the Florida Business Corporation Act, or “FBCA,” and the
DGCL which are summarized in the chart below. This chart does not address each
difference between Florida law and Delaware law, but focuses on those
differences which the Company believes are most relevant to the existing
shareholders. This chart is not intended as an exhaustive list of all
differences, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Florida and
Delaware law.
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Standard
of Conduct for Directors
|
Under
the FBCA, directors also have a fiduciary relationship to their
corporation and its shareholders and, as such, are required to discharge
their duties as a director in good faith with the care an ordinarily
prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar
circumstances and in a manner they reasonably believe to be in the
best
interests of the corporation. In discharging his or her duties, a
director
may consider such factors as the director deems relevant, including
the
long-term prospects and interests of the corporation and its shareholders,
and the social, economic, legal, or other effects of any action on
the
employees, suppliers, customers of the corporation or its subsidiaries,
the communities and society in which the corporation or its subsidiaries
operate, and the economy of the state and the nation.
|
Under
the DGCL, the standards of conduct for directors have developed through
written opinions of the Delaware courts. Generally, directors of
Delaware
corporations are subject to fiduciary duties of care, loyalty and
good
faith. The duty of loyalty has been said to require directors to
refrain
from self-dealing and the duty of care requires directors managing
the
corporate affairs to use that amount of care which ordinarily careful
and
prudent persons would use in similar circumstances and act on an
informed
basis after due consideration of the relevant information that is
reasonably available. In general, gross negligence has been established
as
the test for breach of the standard for the duty of care in the process
of
decision-making by directors of Delaware corporations. Breaching
the duty
of good faith requires more, for example, intentional dereliction
of duty
or a conscious disregard of one’s responsibilities. When directors act
consistently with their duties of care, loyalty and good faith, their
decisions generally are presumed to be valid under the business judgment
rule.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Dividends
and Other Distributions
|
Under
the FBCA, a company may make a distribution, unless after giving
effect to
the distribution:
·
the
company would not be able to pay its debts as they come due in the
usual
course of business; or
·
the
company’s assets would be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus
the amount that would be needed, if the corporation were to be dissolved
at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights
upon
dissolution of shareholders whose preferential rights are superior
to
those receiving the distribution
Under
the FBCA, a corporation’s redemption of its own common stock is deemed a
distribution.
|
The
DGCL permits a corporation to declare and pay dividends out of surplus
or,
if there is no surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in
which
the dividend is declared and/or for the preceding fiscal year as
long as
the amount of capital of the corporation following the declaration
and
payment of the dividend is not less than the aggregate amount of
the
capital represented by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes
having a preference upon the distribution of assets. In addition,
the DGCL
generally provides that a corporation may redeem or repurchase its
shares
only if the capital of the corporation is not impaired and such redemption
or repurchase would not impair the capital of the
corporation.
|
|
Meeting
of Shareholders
|
As
permitted under the FBCA, a special meeting of shareholders may be
called
by (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) by written demand of the holders
of
not less than 10% of all shares of the corporation entitled to vote
at the
meeting or (iii) the person(s) authorized to do so in the articles
of
incorporation or bylaws.
|
As
permitted under the DGCL, a special meeting of shareholders may be
called
by the (i) Board of Directors or (ii) person(s) authorized by the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
|
|
|
The
FBCA generally provides that a director of
a corporation is not personally liable for monetary damages to the
corporation or other person unless the director breached or failed
to
perform his duties as a director, and such breach or
failure:
|
The
DGCL permits a corporation to include in
its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except
that such provision may not limit the liability of a director
for:
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
·
constitutes
a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause
to
believe his conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe
his
conduct was unlawful;
·
constitutes
a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit;
·
results
in an unlawful distribution;
·
in
the case of a derivative action or an action by a shareholder, constitutes
conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation or
willful
misconduct; or
·
in
the case of a proceeding other than a derivative action or an action
by a
shareholder, constitutes recklessness or an act or omission which
was
committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting
wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety or
property.
|
·
any
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders;
·
acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or
a knowing violation of law;
·
liability
under the DGCL for unlawful payment of dividends or stock purchases
or
redemptions, or
·
any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
The
Delaware Certificate contains a provision limiting the liability
of its
directors in this manner.
The
Company’s Board of Directors believes that by limiting a directors’
liability as permitted under the DGCL, it will be able to attract
and
retain qualified directors. The Delaware Certificate limits the liability
of SMF’s directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. SMF’s
directors will not be liable for monetary damages for acts or omissions
occurring on or after the effective date of the reincorporation,
even if
they should fail, through negligence or gross negligence, to satisfy
their
duty of care (which requires directors to exercise informed business
judgment in discharging their duties). The Delaware Certificate would
not
limit or eliminate any liability of directors for acts or omissions
occurring prior to the effective date of the reincorporation. The
DGCL
does not permit elimination or limitation of the liability of directors
for breaches of their duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good
faith
or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
paying
a dividend or effecting a stock repurchase or redemption which is
illegal
under the DGCL, or transactions from which a director derived an
improper
personal benefit. Further, the Delaware Certificate would not affect
the
availability of equitable remedies, such as an action to enjoin or
rescind
a transaction involving a breach of a director’s duty of care. In
addition, the Delaware Certificate would not affect a director’s liability
to third parties or under the federal securities
laws.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
|
The
Company’s Board of Directors recognizes that the Delaware Certificate may
have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation
against directors, and may discourage or deter shareholders from
instituting litigation against directors for breach of their duty
of care,
even though such an action might benefit SMF and its shareholders.
However, the Company’s Board of Directors believes this concern is
outweighed by the benefit to SMF of retaining highly qualified directors.
The Company’s Board of Directors believes that the Delaware Certificate
may have a favorable impact over the long term on the availability,
cost,
amount, and scope of coverage of directors’ liability insurance, although
there can be no assurance of such an effect.
While
the Delaware Certificate may be viewed as limiting the rights of
shareholders in some respects, the Company’s Board of Directors believes,
however, that these provisions will help balance the legal obligations
of,
and protections for, directors, and will contribute to the quality
and
stability of SMF’s corporate governance. The Company’s Board of Directors
has concluded that the benefit to shareholders of improved corporate
governance outweighs any possible adverse effects on
shareholders.
The
members of the Board of Directors may be deemed to have a personal
interest in effecting the reincorporation, because, as directors
of SMF,
they may personally benefit from the limitations on liability contained
in
the Delaware Certificate.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
|
The
FBCA requires a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation if such person has been successful on
the
merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding, or any claim, issue
or
matter therein, for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
such
person in connection with the proceeding or the person's defense
of the
claim, issue or matter.
Expenses
incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or
on
behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if he or
she is
ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification. Expenses
incurred
by other employees and agents may be paid in advance upon such terms
or
conditions that the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under the FBCA
are
not exclusive, and a corporation may enter into an agreement to provide
for indemnification; however, no indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be made to any person if a judgment or other final
adjudication establishes that the person’s actions, or omissions to act,
were material to the cause of adjudicated action and
constitute:
·
a
violation of criminal law, unless the person had reasonable cause
to
believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause
to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful;
|
The
Delaware Certificate, as discussed below, reflects the broad scope
of
indemnification under the DGCL.
The
Delaware Certificate provides for indemnification to the fullest
extent
permitted under the DGCL to any person made, or threatened to be
made, a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether criminal, civil, administrative, or investigative, by reason
of
the that such person (a) is or was a director or officer of SMF or
any
predecessor of SMF or (b) served any other corporation, partnership,
joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent at the request of SMF
or any
predecessor of SMF; provided, however, that such indemnification
must be
authorized in advance by the Board of Directors.
The
Delaware Certificate provides that SMF may grant rights to
indemnification, and rights to be paid by SMF the expenses incurred
in
defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to
any
present or former employee or agent of SMF or any predecessor of
SMF to
the fullest extent with respect to the indemnification and advancement
of
expenses of directors and officers of SMF.
The
right to indemnification includes the right to receive payment of
expenses
to directors or officers in advance of the final disposition of such
proceeding, consistent with applicable law from time to time in effect;
provided, however, that if the DGCL requires payment of such expenses
in
advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, payment shall be
made
only if such person undertakes to repay SMF if it is ultimately determined
that he or she was not entitled to
indemnification.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
·
a
transaction from which the person derived an improper personal
benefit;
·
in
the case of a director, an unlawful distribution to shareholders;
or
·
willful
misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the
corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation
or a
shareholder.
Under
Florida law, unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation provide
otherwise, notwithstanding the failure of a corporation to provide
indemnification, and despite any contrary determination of the board
or of
the shareholders in the specific case, a director, officer, employee,
or
agent of the corporation who is or was a party to a proceeding may
apply
for indemnification or advancement of expenses, or both, to the court
conducting the proceeding, to the circuit court, or to another court
of
competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an application, the court,
after
giving any notice that it considers necessary, may order indemnification
and advancement of expenses, including expenses incurred in seeking
court-ordered indemnification or advancement of expenses, if it determines
that:
·
the
indemnitee is entitled to mandatory indemnification, in which case
the
court shall also order the corporation to pay the director reasonable
expenses incurred in obtaining court-ordered indemnification or
advancement of expenses;
·
the
indemnitee is entitled to further indemnification or advancement
of
expenses, or both, by virtue of the corporation’s exercise of its power to
make further indemnification; or
|
The
broad scope of indemnification available under Delaware law will
permit
SMF to offer its directors and officers greater protection against
the
costs and risks attendant to litigation of claims against officers
and
directors. The Board of Directors believes that such protection is
reasonable and desirable in order to enhance SMF’s ability to attract and
retain qualified directors as well as to encourage directors to continue
to make good faith decisions on behalf of SMF with regard to the
best
interests of SMF and its shareholders.
Insofar
as the Delaware Certificate provides indemnification to directors
or
officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933,
it is
the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission that such
indemnification would be against public policy as expressed in such
statute and, therefore, unenforceable.
The
Board of Directors recognizes that SMF may, in the future, be obligated
to
incur substantial expense as a result of the indemnification rights
conferred under the Delaware Certificate, which are intended to be
as
broad as possible under applicable law. If this proposal passes,
we intend
to enter into Indemnification Agreements with our executive officers
and
directors providing indemnification rights and mandating advancement
of
expenses to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law.
The
members of the Board of Directors may be deemed to have a personal
interest in the effectuation of the reincorporation, because, as
directors
of SMF, they may personally benefit from the indemnification provisions
of
the Delaware Certificate.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
·
the
indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification or
advancement of expenses, or both, in view of all the relevant.
circumstances, regardless of whether such person met the required
standard
of conduct.
We
have entered into Indemnification Agreements with our executive officers
and directors providing indemnification rights and mandating advancement
of expenses to the maximum extent permitted by Florida
law.
|
|
|
|
The
FBCA generally requires approval by a majority of directors and by
holders
of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any amendment to
a Florida
corporation’s articles of incorporation. In addition, the amendment must
be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the
amendment by any class or series of shares with respect to which
the
amendment would create dissenters’ rights. The Board of Directors must
recommend the amendment to the shareholders, unless the Board of
Directors
determines that because of conflict of interest or other special
circumstances it should make no recommendation and communicates the
basis
for its determination to the shareholders with the
amendment.
|
The
DGCL provides that the certificate of incorporation of a Delaware
corporation may be amended upon adoption by the Board of Directors
of a
resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and declaring its
advisability, followed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding shares entitled to vote. It also provides that a certificate
of incorporation may provide for a greater or lesser vote than would
otherwise be required by the DGCL.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Control-Share
Acquisition Transactions
|
Florida
has a “control-share” acquisition statute. It is an effective
anti-takeover provision because it limits the voting rights of shares
owned above a threshold. It can be waived by a vote of the shareholders,
without the control-shares voting.
A
corporation is subject to this provision if it has 100 or more
shareholders, its principal place of business, principal office,
or
substantial assets within Florida, and either: (a) more than 10% of
its shareholders resident in Florida; (b) more than 10% of its shares
owned by residents of Florida; or, (c) 1,000 shareholders resident in
Florida. Florida enacted the act to deter and hinder takeovers of
Florida
corporations. The Florida control-share acquisition statute generally
provides that shares acquired in a control-share acquisition will
not
possess any voting rights unless such voting rights are approved
by a
majority of the corporation’s disinterested shareholders. A control-share
acquisition is an acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person
of
ownership of, or the power to direct the exercise of voting power
with
respect to, issued and outstanding control-shares of a publicly-held
Florida corporation.
Control-shares
are shares, which, except for the Florida statute, would have voting
power
that, when added to all other shares owned by a person or in respect
to
which such person may exercise or direct the exercise of voting power,
would entitle such person, immediately after acquisition of such
shares,
directly or indirectly, alone or as a part of a group, to exercise
or
direct the exercise of voting power in the election of directors
within
any of the following ranges:
·
1/5
or more but less than 1/3 of all voting power;
·
1/3
or more but less than a majority of all voting power; or
·
a
majority or more of all voting power.
|
Delaware
does not have a control share acquisition statute, but the Florida
statute
may still apply to us even if this proposal is approved and we
reincorporate in Delaware. There is some case law from a federal
court
that it does, although a more recent Delaware Supreme Court case
invalidated a California statute that purported to apply to foreign
corporations under the “internal affairs” doctrine. Even as a Florida
corporation, the Company may not meet the Florida resident shareholders
test required to trigger the Florida statute and it may not meet
this
requirement in the future. We are uncertain how a Florida court would
rule
if we or a shareholder sought to apply the control-share acquisition
statute to us after our reincorporation in Delaware. Because the
Company
has no present intent to employ defensive measures to defeat a planned
takeover by a third party bidder, and because the availability of
the
Florida control share acquisition statute is already uncertain, we
do not
believe that the potential unavailability of the statute as a takeover
defense is material to the decision whether to reincorporate in Delaware.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
|
The
FBCA provides that a contract or other transaction between a Florida
corporation and any of its directors or any entity in which one of
its
directors or officers is a director or officer or holds a financial
interest will not be void because of such relationship or interest
or
because that director was present at the meeting of directors which
authorized that transaction if:
·
the
fact of the relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the
board
and the transaction is authorized by a sufficient number of votes
when the
vote of the interested director is excluded;
·
the
fact of the relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the
shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize the contract or
transaction; or
·
the
contract or transaction is fair and reasonable to the
corporation.
Florida
and Delaware law are similar.
|
Under
the DGCL, specified contracts or transactions in which one or more
of a
corporation’s directors has an interest are not void or voidable solely
because of such interest if such contract or transaction:
·
is
authorized in good faith by the corporation’s shareholders or a majority
of disinterested members of the board (even though less than a quorum)
and
the material facts of the contract or transaction are disclosed or
known;
or
·
was
fair to the corporation at the time it was approved.
Accordingly,
it is possible that certain transactions that the Board of Directors
currently might not be able to approve itself, because of the number
of
interested directors, could be approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors of SMF, although less than a majority of a quorum. The
Board of
Directors is not aware of any plans to propose any transaction that
could
not be approved by it under Florida law but could be approved under
Delaware law.
|
|
|
Florida
does not have a business combination statute like Delaware, but instead
has an affiliated transactions statute, described below.
|
Section 203
of the DGCL limits specified
business combinations of Delaware corporations with interested
shareholders. Under the DGCL, an “interested shareholder,” defined as a
shareholder whose beneficial ownership in the corporation is at least
15%
of the outstanding voting securities or an affiliate who owned at
least
15% of outstanding voting shares in the last three years, cannot
enter
specified business combinations with the corporation for a period
of three
years following the time that such person became an interested shareholder
unless:
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
|
·
before
such time, the corporation’s Board of Directors approved either the
business combination or the transaction in which the shareholder
became an
interested shareholder;
·
upon
consummation of the transaction in which any person becomes an interested
shareholder, the interested shareholder owned at least 85% of the
voting
stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction
commenced, excluding shares owned by specified employee stock ownership
plans and persons who are both directors and officers of the corporation;
or
·
at
or subsequent to such time, the business combination is both approved
by
the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting
of
shareholders, not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of
at least
66-2/3% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested
shareholder.
A
corporation may elect in its certificate of incorporation not to
be
governed by Section 203 of the DGCL. The Delaware Certificate does
not
contain this election.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Florida
Affiliated Transactions Statute
|
This
Florida statute is very complex, but generally defines an “affiliated
transaction” as a merger by a Florida corporation with an “interested
shareholder,” a sale, lease or other disposition to the interested
shareholder of assets of the corporation above a certain threshold
including 5% or more of the fair market value of all of the assets
of the
corporation, or the issuance or transfer by the corporation of shares
of
its capital stock having a fair market value equal to 5% of the fair
market value of all of the outstanding shares of the corporation
to the
interested shareholder, adoption of any plan for liquidation or
dissolution involving the interested shareholder, any reclassification
of
securities, or any receipt by the interested shareholder of any loans,
guarantees or other financial assistance. An interested shareholder
is any
person who is a beneficial owner of more than 10% of the outstanding
voting shares of the corporation. Beneficial ownership is defined
similarly to that defined by the SEC. Generally, the Florida statute
requires approval of an affiliated transaction by two-thirds of the
voting
shares of the corporation other than the shares beneficially owned
by the
interested shareholder. The statute further provides that a majority
of
the disinterested directors may approve an affiliated transaction.
Additionally, the statute regulates the amount of cash and other
assets to
be received by the corporation’s holders of voting securities. Finally,
among other limitations, for a specified three-year period during
which
the interested shareholder has been an interested shareholder, he
shall
not have received any loans, guarantees or other financial assistance
from
the corporation.
|
Delaware
does not have an affiliated transactions statute but has a business
combination statute, described above. The Company believes that the
|
|
|
Under
the FBCA, shareholders may dissent from, and demand cash payment
of, the
fair value of their shares in the event of a number of corporate
actions
including but not limited to:
·
a
merger or consolidation of the corporation, or
·
a
sale or exchange of all or substantially all of a corporation’s assets,
including a sale in dissolution.
|
Under
the DGCL, appraisal rights may be available in connection with a
statutory
merger or consolidation in specified situations.
Appraisal
rights are not available under the DGCL for the holders of shares
of any
class or series of stock which is listed:
·
on
a national securities exchange or designated as a national market
system
security on an interdealer quotation system by the National Association
of
Securities Dealers, Inc., or
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Appraisal
rights shall not be available for the holders of shares of any class
or
series of shares which is:
·
listed
on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or
designated as a national market system security on an interdealer
quotation system by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.;
or
·
not
so listed or designated, but has at least 2,000 shareholders (including
beneficial owners who hold their shares in “street name” through brokers)
and the outstanding shares of such class or series have a market
value of
at least $10 million, exclusive of the value of such shares held by
its subsidiaries, senior executives, directors, and beneficial
shareholders owning more than 10 percent of such shares.
It
is uncertain whether our shareholders would have dissenters’ rights for
specified transactions under Florida law because (i) there is no
longer a
“national market system” designation under Nasdaq and our Common Stock is
listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market, which is now a national securities
exchange, and (ii) while the market value of our stock presently
exceeds
$10 million, we believe that we have more than 2,000 beneficial
owners of our stock, though the exact number of beneficial owners
changes
very often and very quickly.
|
·
held
of record by more than 2,000 holders.
As
a Delaware corporation, appraisal rights will be unavailable to our
shareholders so long as our Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ
Capital
Market, which is registered as a national securities
exchange.
|
Florida
|
Delaware
|
Sequestration
of Shares
|
The
FBCA has no comparable provision.
|
The
DGCL provides that the shares of any person in a Delaware corporation
may
be attached or “sequestered” for debts or other demands.
|
This
proxy statement merely summarizes certain differences between the corporation
laws of Florida and Delaware, the Florida articles of incorporation, the Florida
bylaws, the Delaware Certificate and the Delaware Bylaws.
There
are
broad exclusions from certain provisions of the DGCL that may make those
provisions inapplicable to us. The exclusions are for companies which
are:
|
· |
listed
on a national securities exchange or included on the Nasdaq Global
Market,
or;
|
|
· |
generally
held of record by more than 2,000
shareholders.
|
These
provisions are the business combination anti-takeover provision
(Section 203) and appraisal rights (Section 262). Note that while
Florida law provides dissenters’ rights whenever there are more than 2,000
shareholders (which includes persons whose stock is held through their brokers),
Delaware refers only to record holders and excludes shareholders whose stock
is
held through their brokers. The Company currently has more than 2,000
shareholders, but less than 100 record owners.
Many
provisions of the FBCA, the DGCL and these documents may be subject to differing
interpretations, and the discussion offered herein may be incomplete in certain
respects. As a result, the discussion contained in this proxy statement is
not a
substitute for direct reference to the FBCA, the DGCL and these documents or
for
professional interpretation of them.
Accounting
Treatment
The
reincorporation would be accounted for as a reverse merger under which, for
accounting purposes, the Company would be considered the acquirer and the
surviving corporation and SMF would be treated as the successor to the Company’s
historical operations. Accordingly, the Company’s historical financial
statements would be treated as the financial statements of SMF.
Dissenters’
(Appraisal) Rights
Appraisal
rights are not available to the Company’s shareholders with respect to the
reincorporation proposal.
Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences of Reincorporation
The
Company intends the reincorporation to be a tax-free reorganization under the
Internal Revenue Code. Assuming the reincorporation qualifies as a tax-free
reorganization, the holders of the Company’s Common Stock will not recognize any
gain or loss under the Federal tax laws as a result of the occurrence of the
reincorporation, and neither will the Company or SMF. Each holder will have
the
same basis in the Company’s Common Stock received as a result of the
reincorporation as that holder has in the corresponding Common Stock held at
the
time the reincorporation occurs.
This
proxy statement only discusses U.S. federal income tax consequences and has
done
so only for general information. This proxy statement does not address all
of
the federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to particular
shareholders based upon individual circumstances or to shareholders who are
subject to special rules, such as, financial institutions, tax-exempt
organizations, insurance companies, dealers in securities, foreign holders
or
holders who acquired their shares as compensation, whether through employee
stock options or otherwise. This proxy does not address the tax consequences
under state, local or foreign laws.
This
discussion was based on the Internal Revenue Code, laws, regulations, rulings
and decisions in effect as of the date of this proxy statement, all of which
are
subject to differing interpretations and change, possibly with retroactive
effect. The Company has neither requested nor received a tax opinion from legal
counsel or rulings from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the consequences
of reincorporation. There can be no assurance that future legislation,
regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions would not alter the
consequences discussed above.
You
should consult your own tax advisor to determine the particular tax consequences
to you of the reincorporation, including the applicability and effect of
federal, state, local, foreign and other tax laws.
Effective
Time
In
Proposal No. 2, the Company is proposing to change its name to SMF Energy
Corporation irrespective of whether the reincorporation of the Company
as a
Delaware corporation is approved. If this Proposal No. 3 to reincorporate
in
Delaware is not approved, but Proposal No. 2 to change the Company’s name is
approved, the name change will be effected by an amendment to its existing
Florida Articles of Incorporation. If this Proposal No. 3 to reincorporate
in
Delaware is approved, but Proposal No. 2 to change the name is not approved,
the
Company will reincorporate in Delaware under its current
name.
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.
OTHER
MATTERS
As
of the
date of this proxy statement, the Board does not intend to present at the Annual
Meeting any matters other than those described herein and does not presently
know of any matters that will be presented by other parties. If any other matter
requiring a vote of the shareholders should come before the meeting, it is
the
intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote with respect to any such
matter in accordance with the recommendation of the Board or, in the absence
of
such a recommendation, in accordance with the best judgment of the proxy
holder.
SHAREHOLDER
PROPOSALS
Shareholders
interested in presenting a proposal for consideration at our 2007 Annual Meeting
of shareholders may do so by following the procedures prescribed in Rule 14a-8
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and our
Bylaws. To be eligible for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy
relating to the meeting, shareholder proposals must be received by our Corporate
Secretary no later than June 24, 2007. If the date of the 2007 Annual Meeting
is
advanced by more than 30 days or delayed (other than as a result of adjournment)
by more than 30 days from the anniversary of the 2006 Annual Meeting, any such
proposals must be submitted no later than the close of business on the later
of
the 60th day prior to the 2007 Annual Meeting or the 10th day following the
day
on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. We
reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action
with respect to any proposal or nomination that does not comply with these
and
other applicable requirements.
|
By
Order of the Board of Directors
LOUISE
P. LUNGARO
Secretary
|
Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida
October
30, 2006
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
CHARTER
OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
as
amended February 14, 2006
PURPOSE
The
Audit
Committee (the “Committee”) is appointed by the Board of Directors (the “Board”)
of Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc. (the “Company”). This charter specifies the
scope of authority and responsibility of the Committee. The primary function
of
the Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight
responsibilities, primarily through:
|
· |
overseeing
management’s conduct of the Company’s financial reporting process and
systems of internal accounting and financial
controls;
|
|
· |
monitoring
the independence and performance of the Company’s outside auditors;
and
|
|
· |
providing
an avenue of communication among the outside auditors, management
and the
Board.
|
COMPOSITION
1. The
Committee shall have at least three (3) members at all times, each of whom
must
be independent of management, as well the Company and each of its affiliates.
A
member of the Committee shall be considered independent if
(a) he
or she
is not an officer, director or employee of the Company;
(b) he
or she
does not receive, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other
compensatory fee from the Company or its affiliates other than in connection
with serving on the Committee or as a member of the Board, except to the extent
permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the
Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”);
(c) he
or she
was not, at anytime during the past three years, a partner or employee of the
Company’s current or former outside auditor who worked on the Company’s audit
during such three year period;
(d) he
or she
is not an “affiliated person” as defined by rules of the SEC and Nasdaq;
(e) he
or she
meets all other requirements for independence imposed by law, including but
not
limited to SEC and Nasdaq rules.
2. All
members of the Committee shall have a practical knowledge of finance and
accounting and be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements
at the time of their respective appointments to the Committee. In addition,
members may be required to participate in continuing education if required
by
SEC or Nasdaq rules.
3. At
least
one member of the Committee shall be a “financial expert” as defined by SEC and
Nasdaq rules.
4. Each
member of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve until
the earlier to occur of the date on which he or she shall be replaced by the
Board, resigns from the Committee, or resigns from the Board.
MEETINGS
1. The
Committee shall meet as frequently as circumstances dictate, but no less than
four times annually. The Board of Directors shall appoint a chairperson of
Committee. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
The Committee shall maintain minutes or other records of meetings and activities
of the Committee. Quarterly meetings shall include separate executive sessions
with the outside auditor and with management.
2. The
Committee shall, through its chairperson, report regularly to the Board
following the meetings of the Committee concerning the activities and
proceedings of the Committee. In this connection, the Committee may report
to
the Board concerning the quality of the Company’s financial statements, the
performance and independence of the Company’s outside auditors, or any of the
other matters described in this charter as within the Committee’s
Responsibilities and Duties. For those matters in which the Committee has direct
responsibility independent of the Board, such as the selection of auditors
and
the fees to be paid by the Company for audit and non-audit services, the
Committee shall inform the Board of the actions taken by the Committee. For
those matters in which the Committee has only indirect or advisory
responsibility, the Committee shall make such recommendations to the Board
for
Board action as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.
RESPONSIBILITIES
AND DUTIES
The
Committee’s principal responsibility is one of oversight. The Company’s
management is responsible for preparing the Company’s financial statements and
the outside auditors are responsible for auditing and/or reviewing those
financial statements. In carrying out these oversight responsibilities, the
Committee is not providing any expert or special assurance as to the Company’s
financial statements or any professional certification as to the outside
auditors’ work.
The
Committee’s specific responsibilities are as follows:
General
3. The
Committee shall have the power to conduct or authorize investigations into
any
matters within the Committee’s scope of responsibilities. The Company shall have
unrestricted access to members of management and other employees of the Company,
as well as all information relevant to the carrying out of its
responsibilities.
4. The
Committee shall, with the assistance of management, the outside auditors and
legal counsel, as the Committee deems appropriate, review and evaluate, at
least
annually, this charter. The Committee shall then report and make recommendations
to the Board with respect to the changes, if any, which it believes are
necessary or appropriate.
5. The
current charter will be included in the proxy statement for the Company’s annual
meetings of shareholders at least once every three years or as often as may
otherwise be prescribed by SEC or Nasdaq rules.
6. The
Committee shall prepare annual reports of the Committee for inclusion in the
proxy statements for the Company’s annual meetings as required by SEC and Nasdaq
rules.
7. The
Committee shall, in addition to the performance of the duties described in
this
charter, undertake such additional responsibilities as from time to time may
be:
(a) delegated
to it by the Board;
(b) required
by law, including but not limited to federal securities laws and SEC or Nasdaq
rules; or
(c) deemed
to
be reasonably necessary, in the Committee’s discretion, in order to carry out
the duties prescribed by this charter.
8. The
Committee is empowered to retain, at the Company’s expense, independent counsel,
accountants or others for such purposes as the Committee, in its sole
discretion, determines to be appropriate to carry out its
responsibilities.
Internal
Controls and Risk Assessment
9. If
and to
the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, it shall review, from time
to
time, with management and the outside auditors,:
(a) the
effectiveness of or weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls, including
computerized information system controls and security, the overall control
environment and accounting and financial controls; and
(b) whether
there is a need to institute an internal audit function at the
Company.
10. The
Committee shall obtain from the outside auditors their recommendations regarding
internal controls and other matters relating to the accounting procedures and
the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries and review the
correction of controls deemed to be deficient.
11. If
the
Company institutes an internal audit function, the Committee shall review the
appointment, performance and replacement of the senior internal auditing
executive, and the activities, organizational structure and qualifications
of
the persons responsible for the internal audit function.
12. The
Committee shall establish procedures for:
(a) the
receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding
accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters; and
(b) the
confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns
regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.
13. The
Committee shall review major financial risk exposures and the guidelines and
policies which management has put in place to govern the process of monitoring,
controlling and reporting such exposures.
Outside
Auditors; Their Performance and Independence
14. The
outside auditors are ultimately accountable to the Board and the Committee,
as
the representatives of the shareholders of the Company, but shall report to
the
Committee. The Committee shall be directly responsible for the engagement and
termination (subject, if applicable, to shareholder ratification), compensation
and oversight of the work of any independent auditor engaged by the Company
for
the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work. The
Committee shall select any such outside auditors, which selection the Board
may
, in its discretion, submit to the shareholders for their approval by a proxy
statement.
15. The
Committee shall:
(a) confer
with the outside auditors concerning the scope of their examinations of the
books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries;
(b) review
the scope, plan and procedures to be used on the annual audit, as recommended
by
the outside auditors;
(c) review
the results of the annual audits and interim financial reviews performed by
the
outside auditors, including:
(i) the
outside auditors’ audit of the Company’s annual financial statements,
accompanying footnotes and its report thereon;
(ii) any
significant changes required in the outside auditors’ audit plans or
scope;
(iii) any
material differences or disputes with management encountered during the course
of the audit (the Committee to be responsible for overseeing the resolution
of
such differences and disputes);
(iv) any
material management letter comments and management’s responses to
recommendations made by the outside auditors in connection with the audit;
(v) matters
required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended
(Communications with Audit Committees), relating to the conduct of the
audit;
(d) authorize
the outside auditors to perform such supplemental reviews or audits as the
Committee may deem desirable;
(e) obtain
from the outside auditors assurance that they have complied with Section 10A,
as
amended, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
16. The
Committee shall inquire into any accounting adjustments that were noted or
proposed by the outside auditors but were “passed” as immaterial or
otherwise.
17. The
Committee shall inquire as to any matters that were referred to the outside
auditors’ national office relating to accounting policies and/or financial
statement disclosure within the Company’s financial statements and, to the
extent deemed appropriate, request an opportunity to address such issues
directly with a representative of such national office.
18. The
Committee shall, at least annually, obtain and review a report by the
independent auditors’ describing:
(a) the
outside auditors’ internal quality control procedures;
(b) any
material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review or
peer review of the outside auditors, or by any inquiry or investigation by
governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years,
respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the outside auditors,
and any steps taken to deal with any such issues.
19. Pre-approval
by the Committee shall be required with respect to the fees for all audit and
other services performed by the outside auditors as negotiated by management.
20. If
and to
the extent that non-audit services are proposed to be rendered to the Company
by
the outside auditors and those non-audit services are permissible under law,
including SEC and Nasdaq rules, the approval of the Committee must be obtained
in advance of any engagement of the outside auditors to render such services.
The Committee shall not approve the engagement of the outside auditors to render
non-audit services prohibited by law or rules and regulations promulgated by
the
SEC. The Committee shall consider whether the provision of non-audit services
is
compatible with maintaining the outside auditors’ independence, including, but
not limited to, the nature and scope of the specific non-audit services to
be
performed and whether the audit process would require the outside auditors
to
review any advice rendered by the outside auditors in connection with the
provision of non-audit services. The Committee may delegate pre-approval
authority to a member of the Committee or a subcommittee of the Committee.
In
such case, the member or subcommittee to whom such authority is delegated shall
report any such approvals to the Committee at or prior to its next
meeting.
21. The
Committee shall receive from the outside auditors on a periodic basis a formal
written statement delineating all relationships between the outside auditors
and
the Company, consistent with the Independence Standards Board, Standard No.
1,
regarding relationships and services, which may impact the objectivity and
independence of the outside auditors, and other applicable standards. The
statement shall include a description of all services provided by the outside
auditors and the related fees. The Committee shall actively engage in a dialogue
with the outside auditors regarding any disclosed relationships or services
that
may impact the objectivity and independence of the outside auditors and shall
evaluate, after gathering information from management, and other Board members,
the performance of the outside auditors and shall take any action which it
deems
necessary and appropriate to satisfy itself of the independence of the outside
auditors. The Committee may establish policies for the hiring of current or
former employees or partners of the outside auditors.
22. The
Committee shall require a rotation of the outside auditors’ lead audit partner
no less than every five years.
Financial
Reporting
23. The
Committee shall review and discuss with the outside auditors and management
the
Company’s audited annual financial statements that are to be included in the
Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and the outside auditors’ opinion with
respect to such financial statements, including reviewing the nature and extent
of any significant changes in accounting principles or the application of such
accounting principles; and determine whether to recommend to the Board that
the
financial statements be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for
filing with the SEC.
24. The
Committee shall review and discuss with the outside auditors and management,
and
require the outside auditors to review, the Company’s interim financial
statements to be included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q prior
to filing such reports with the SEC.
25. The
Committee shall review and discuss:
(a) the
existence of significant estimates and judgments underlying the financial
statements, including the rationale behind those estimates as well as the
details on material accruals and reserves and the Company’s accounting
principles;
(b) all
critical accounting policies identified to the Committee by the outside
auditors;
(c) major
changes to the Company’s accounting principles and practices, including those
required by professional or regulatory pronouncements and actions, as brought
to
its attention by management and/or the outside auditors; and
(d) material
questions of choice with respect to the appropriate accounting principles and
practices to be used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements,
as brought to its attention by management and/or the outside
auditors.
26. The
Committee shall review and discuss the Company’s disclosure under “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
included in any annual or quarterly report, or other report or filing filed
with
the SEC.
27. The
Committee shall review all earnings press releases of the Company, as well
as
financial information and earnings guidance, if any, provided by the Company
to
analysts and rating agencies.
28. Any
transaction involving the Company and any related party in which the parties’
relationship could enable the negotiation of terms on other than an independent,
arms’-length basis must be approved by the Committee.
29. The
Committee shall discuss with the outside auditors any item not reported as
a
contingent liability or loss in the Company’s financial statements as a result
of a determination that such item does not satisfy a materiality threshold.
The
Committee shall review with the outside auditors the quantitative and
qualitative analysis applied in connection with such assessment of materiality,
including, without limitation, the consistency of such assessment with the
requirements of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99.
30. The
Committee shall review and consider other matters in relation to the financial
affairs of the Company and its accounts, and in relation to any audit of the
Company as the Committee may, in its discretion, determine to be
advisable.
31. The
Committee shall meet at least annually with management, the outside auditors
and
the inside auditors, if any, in separate executive sessions to discuss any
matters that the Committee or such groups believes should be discussed
privately.
Compliance
with Laws, Regulations and Policies
32. The
Committee shall review with management actions taken to ensure compliance with
any code of ethics or conduct for the Company established by the Board. The
Committee shall review conduct of executive officers and directors alleged
to be
in violation or potential violation of such code and, in appropriate instances,
grant a waiver of the relevant provisions of the code for specific individuals.
The Committee may direct the Company to take remedial, disciplinary or other
measures against executive officers and directors who have violated the code
and
to promptly make appropriate public disclosure of any waiver of, or change
in,
the code applicable to executive officers or directors.
33. The
Committee shall review with the Company’s legal counsel any legal compliance
matters that could have a significant, adverse impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
34. The
Committee shall periodically review the rules promulgated by the SEC and Nasdaq
relating to the qualifications, activities, responsibilities and duties of
audit
committees and shall take, or recommend that the Board take, appropriate action
to comply with such rules.
Appendix
B
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION
ARTICLE
1
NAME
The
name
of the corporation is SMF Energy Corporation (the “Company”).
ARTICLE
2
REGISTERED
AGENT
The
address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is
Corporation
Trust Center, 1209 Orange
Street,
City
of
Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that
address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE
3
PURPOSE
The
purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
a
Corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware,
as
amended (the “DGCL”).
ARTICLE
4
CAPITAL
STOCK
4.1 Common
Stock.
(a) The
total
number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company
is
authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000).
(b) Each
holder of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of common
stock held on all matters as to which holders of common stock shall be entitled
to vote. Except for and subject to those preferences, rights, and privileges
expressly granted to the holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding
having prior rights, and any series of preferred stock which may from time
to
time come into existence, and except as may be otherwise provided by the laws
of
the State of Delaware, the holders of common stock shall have exclusively all
other rights of stockholders of the Company, including, but not limited to,
(i) the right to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of
Directors out of assets lawfully available therefor, and (ii) in the event
of any distribution of assets upon the dissolution and liquidation of the
Company, the right to receive ratably and equally all of the assets of the
Company remaining after the payment to the holders of preferred stock of the
specific amounts, if any, which they are entitled to receive as may be provided
herein or pursuant hereto.
4.2 Preferred
Stock.
(a) The
total
number of shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company
is authorized to issue is 100.
(b) The
Board
of Directors is expressly authorized at any time, and from time to time, to
provide for the issuance of shares of preferred stock in one or more series,
with such voting powers, full or limited, or without voting powers and with
such
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be
stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue
thereof adopted by the Board of Directors, subject to the limitations prescribed
by law and in accordance with the provisions hereof, including but not limited
to the following:
(1) The
designation of the series and the number of shares to constitute the
series.
(2) The
dividend rate of the series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends
shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends
payable on any other class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends
shall
be cumulative or noncumulative.
(3) Whether
the shares of the series shall be subject to redemption by the corporation
and,
if made subject to such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and
conditions of such redemption.
(4) The
terms
and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the
shares of the series.
(5) Whether
or not the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or
classes of stock of the corporation, and, if provision be made for conversion
or
exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments and other terms and conditions
of such conversion or exchange.
(6) The
extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of the series shall be
entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or
otherwise.
(7) The
restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred
stock.
(8) The
rights of the holders of the shares of the series upon the dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up of the Company.
ARTICLE
5
DIRECTORS
5.1 Authority,
Number and Election of Directors.
The
affairs of the Company shall be conducted by the Board of Directors. The number
of directors of the Company shall be fixed from time to time in the manner
provided in the bylaws of the Company and may be increased or decreased from
time to time in the manner provided in the bylaws; provided, however, that,
except as otherwise provided in this Article 5, the number of directors shall
not be less than one (1) or more than nine (9). Election of directors need
not
be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the bylaws.
In
the
event the holders of any class or series of preferred stock shall be entitled,
by a separate class vote, to elect directors as may be specified pursuant to
Article 4, then the provisions of such class or series of stock with respect
to
their rights shall apply. The number of directors that may be elected by the
holders of any such class or series of preferred stock shall be in addition
to
the number fixed pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
5.2 Removal.
Subject
to any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, or as may be
otherwise limited under the DGCL, a director may be removed from office by
the
stockholders prior to the expiration of his or her term of office with or
without cause.
5.3 Quorum.
A
quorum of the Board of Directors for the transaction of business shall not
consist of less than a majority of the total number of directors, except as
otherwise may be provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or in the bylaws
with respect to filling vacancies.
5.4 Newly
Created Directorships and Vacancies.
Except
as otherwise fixed pursuant to the rights of the holders of any class or series
of preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors
and
any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled solely by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, or
by
a sole remaining director, even though less than a quorum of the Board of
Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall
hold office for the remainder of the full term of the new directorship which
was
created or in which the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor
shall have been elected and qualified.
ARTICLE
6
BYLAWS
Except
as
otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, in furtherance and
not
in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is
expressly authorized to adopt, repeal, alter, amend and rescind any or all
of
the bylaws of the Company.
ARTICLE
7
STOCKHOLDERS
7.1 Meetings.
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware,
as
determined by the Board of Directors. Each meeting of stockholders will be
held
on the date and at the time and place determined by the Board of Directors.
Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders
of
any class or series of preferred stock, special meetings of the stockholders
may
be called only by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or
any
officer of the Company upon the written request of a majority of the Board
of
Directors.
7.2 No
Action by Written Consent.
Action
required or permitted to be taken by stockholders at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders may be taken only at such a meeting and not by written
consent.
ARTICLE
8
VOTING
REQUIREMENT
Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or of the bylaws
(and
notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be otherwise specified
by
law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws), the affirmative vote
of
the holders of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of
the
outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one
class), shall be required to amend or repeal or adopt any provisions
inconsistent with Articles 5, 8, 9 or 10 of this Certificate of
Incorporation.
ARTICLE
9
LIABILITY
OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
9.1 General.
A
director of the Company shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to
the
extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted
under the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may hereafter be
amended.
9.2 Amendment.
No
amendment, modification or repeal of this Article 9 shall adversely affect
any
right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such amendment,
modification or repeal.
ARTICLE
10
INDEMNIFICATION
10.1 General.
The
Company shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by and in the manner
permissible under the DGCL, as amended from time to time (but, in the case
of
any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company
to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company
to
provide prior to such amendment), any person made, or threatened to be made,
a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
whether criminal, civil, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the
fact
that such person (a) is or was a director or officer of the Company or any
predecessor of the Company or (b) served any other corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent at the request of the Company
or
any predecessor of the Company; provided, however, that except as provided
in
Section 10.4, the Company shall indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by
such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized in advance
by the Board of Directors.
10.2 Advancement
of Expenses.
The
right to indemnification conferred in this Article 10 shall be a contract right
and shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred
in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances
to be paid by the Company within twenty days after the receipt by the Company
of
a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances
from time to time; provided, however, that if and to the extent that the DGCL
requires, that payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in
his
or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in
which
service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of a proceeding, to be made only after delivery to
the
Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined, by a final
judicial decision from which there is no right of appeal, that such director
or
officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise,
then no such payment will be made until an undertaking reasonably satisfactory
to the Company has been so delivered.
10.3 Procedure
for Indemnification.
To
obtain indemnification under this Article 10, a claimant shall submit to the
Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation
and
information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably
necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled
to
indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant
to the first sentence of this Section 10.3, a determination, if required by
applicable law, with respect to the claimant's entitlement thereto shall be
made
as follows: (a) if requested by the claimant or if there are no Disinterested
Directors (as hereinafter defined), by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter
defined), or (b) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though
less than a quorum, or by a majority vote of a committee of Disinterested
Directors designated by a majority vote of Disinterested Directors, even though
less than a quorum. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to
indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within twenty days after
such determination.
10.4 Certain
Remedies.
If a
claim under Section 10.1 is not paid in full by the Company within thirty days
after a written claim pursuant to Section 10.3 has been received by the Company,
the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the reasonable expense of
prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than
an
action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking,
if any, has been tendered to the Company) that the claimant has not met the
standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the DGCL for the Company
to
indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Company (including
its Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification
of
the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual
determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, Independent
Counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard
of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. No repeal or
modification of this Article 10 shall in any diminish or adversely affect the
rights of any present or former director or officer of the Company or any
predecessor thereof hereunder in respect of any occurrence or matter arising
prior to any such repeal or modification.
10.5 Binding
Effect.
If a
determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10.3 that the claimant
is
entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination
in
any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 10.4.
10.6 Validity
of this Article.
The
Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced
pursuant to Section 10.4 that the procedures and presumptions of this Article
10
are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding
that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Article 10.
10.7 Nonexclusivity
and Effect of Modification.
The
right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending
a
proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 10
shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation,
bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise.
No repeal or modification of this Article 10 shall in any way diminish or
adversely affect the rights of any present or former director or officer of
the
Company or any predecessor thereof hereunder in respect of any occurrence or
matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
10.8 Insurance.
The
Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify
such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.
10.9 Indemnification
of Other Persons.
The
Company may grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the
Company the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its
final disposition, to any present or former employee or agent of the Company
or
any predecessor of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this
Article 10 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses
of
directors and officers of the Company.
10.10 Severability.
If any
provision or provisions of this Article 10 shall be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article 10 (including,
without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article 10 containing
any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not
itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the
provisions of this Article 10 (including, without limitation, each such portion
of any paragraph of this Article 10 containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect
to
the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
10.11 Certain
Definitions.
For
purposes of this Article 10:
(a) “Disinterested
Director”
means
a
director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the matter in respect
of which indemnification is sought by the claimant.
(b) “Independent
Counsel”
means
a
law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent practitioner that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and shall include any such person
who,
under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would
not have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the
claimant in an action to determine the claimant’s rights under this Article 10.
Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
11
AMENDMENTS
Subject
to Article 8, the Company reserves the right to alter, amend, change or repeal
any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner
now
or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights
conferred herein are granted subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE
12
INITIAL
DIRECTORS
12.1 Incorporator.
The
name and mailing address of the incorporator is
S. Lee Terry, Jr., c/o Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, 1550
Seventeenth Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202. Immediately upon filing
of this certificate, the powers of the incorporator shall cease.
12.2 Initial
Director.
The
names of the initial directors are Richard E. Gathright, Robert S. Picow and
Michael S. Shore. The mailing address for each of the initial directors is
c/o
SMF Energy Corporation, 200 West Cypress Creek Road, Suite 400, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33309.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinbefore named,
do hereby further certify that the facts hereinabove stated are truly set forth
and, accordingly, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of October,
2006.
|
/s/
S. Lee Terry, Jr.
S.
Lee Terry, Jr.
Incorporator
|
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION
SMF
Energy Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue
of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
DOES
HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST:
That the Board of Directors of such corporation, by the unanimous written
consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the Board, adopted a
resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of such corporation:
RESOLVED,
that the Certificate of Incorporation of SMF Energy Corporation be amended
by
changing Article 4 thereof so that, as amended, such Article shall be and read
as follows:
ARTICLE
4
CAPITAL
STOCK
4.1 Common
Stock.
(a) The
total
number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company
is
authorized to issue is fifty million (50,000,000).
(b) Each
holder of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of common
stock held on all matters as to which holders of common stock shall be entitled
to vote. Except for and subject to those preferences, rights, and privileges
expressly granted to the holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding
having prior rights, and any series of preferred stock which may from time
to
time come into existence, and except as may be otherwise provided by the laws
of
the State of Delaware, the holders of common stock shall have exclusively all
other rights of stockholders of the Company, including, but not limited to,
(i) the right to receive dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of
Directors out of assets lawfully available therefor, and (ii) in the event
of any distribution of assets upon the dissolution and liquidation of the
Company, the right to receive ratably and equally all of the assets of the
Company remaining after the payment to the holders of preferred stock of the
specific amounts, if any, which they are entitled to receive as may be provided
herein or pursuant hereto.
4.2 Preferred
Stock.
(a) The
total
number of shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, that the Company
is authorized to issue is 1,000,000.
(b) The
Board
of Directors is expressly authorized at any time, and from time to time, to
provide for the issuance of shares of preferred stock in one or more series,
with such voting powers, full or limited, or without voting powers and with
such
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be
stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue
thereof adopted by the Board of Directors, subject to the limitations prescribed
by law and in accordance with the provisions hereof, including but not limited
to the following:
(1) The
designation of the series and the number of shares to constitute the
series.
(2) The
dividend rate of the series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends
shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends
payable on any other class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends
shall
be cumulative or noncumulative.
(3) Whether
the shares of the series shall be subject to redemption by the corporation
and,
if made subject to such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and
conditions of such redemption.
(4) The
terms
and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the
shares of the series.
(5) Whether
or not the shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or
classes of stock of the corporation, and, if provision be made for conversion
or
exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments and other terms and conditions
of such conversion or exchange.
(6) The
extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of the series shall be
entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or
otherwise.
(7) The
restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional preferred
stock.
(8) The
rights of the holders of the shares of the series upon the dissolution,
liquidation, or winding up of the Company.
SECOND:
That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the sole stockholder has
given unanimous written consent to such amendment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
THIRD:
That such amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, SMF Energy Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed
by Richard E. Gathright, its President, this ______ day of December,
2006.
|
|
|
|
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright, President and |
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
AGREEMENT
OF MERGER AND
PLAN
OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION
THIS
AGREEMENT OF MERGER AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION entered into as of
the
_____ day of December, 2006, by and between STREICHER MOBILE FUELING, INC.,
a
Florida corporation (“Streicher”), and SMF ENERGY CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“SMF”).
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of Streicher and SMF have resolved that Streicher be
merged, pursuant to the Florida Business Corporation Act (“FBCA”) and Delaware
General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), into a single corporation existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, to wit, SMF, which shall be the surviving
corporation (such corporation in its capacity as such surviving corporation
being sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”);
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein made, and
other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Merger.
Streicher shall be, at the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), merged
(hereinafter called “Merger”) into SMF, which shall be the Surviving
Corporation, and the parties hereto adopt and agree to the following agreements,
terms, and conditions relating to the Merger and the mode of carrying the same
into effect
2. Filings;
Effects of Merger.
2.1 Approval
by Shareholders of Streicher.
This
Agreement has been approved by the shareholders of Streicher in the manner
provided by the applicable laws of the State of Florida.
2.2 Filing
of Articles of Merger; Effective Date.
If (a)
this Agreement is adopted by the shareholders of Streicher, and (b) this
Agreement is not thereafter, and has not theretofore been, terminated or
abandoned as permitted by the provisions hereof, then duly authorized officers
of the respective parties shall make and execute Articles of Merger and a
Certificate of Merger and shall cause such documents to be filed with the State
of Florida and the State of Delaware, respectively, in accordance with the
laws
of the States of Florida and Delaware. The Merger shall become effective on
the
date on which the Merger becomes effective under the laws of Florida or the
date
on which the Merger becomes effective under the laws of Delaware, whichever
occurs later, which date is herein referred to as the “Effective
Date.”
2.3 Certain
Effects of Merger.
On the
Effective Date, the separate existence of Streicher shall cease, and Streicher
shall be merged into SMF which, as the Surviving Corporation, shall possess
all
the rights, privileges, powers, and franchises, of a public as well as of a
private nature, and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities, duties
and
liabilities of Streicher; and all and singular, the rights, privileges, powers,
and franchises of Streicher, and all property, real, personal, and mixed, and
all debts due to Streicher on whatever account, as well as stock subscriptions,
liens and all other things in action or belonging to Streicher, shall be vested
in the Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers,
and
franchises, and all and every other interest shall be thereafter as effectually
the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of Streicher, and the
title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise, under the laws of Florida
or any other jurisdiction, shall not revert or be in any way impaired; but
all
rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of Streicher shall be
preserved, unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities, and duties of Streicher
shall
thenceforth attach to the Surviving Corporation and may be enforced against
it
to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities, and duties had been incurred
or contracted by it. At any time, or from time to time, after the Effective
Date, the last acting officers of Streicher or the corresponding officers of
the
Surviving Corporation, may, in the name of Streicher execute and deliver all
such proper deeds, assignments, and other instruments and take or cause to
be
taken all such further or other action as the Surviving Corporation may deem
necessary or desirable in order to vest, perfect, or confirm in the Surviving
Corporation title to and possession of all Streicher’s property, rights,
privileges, powers, franchises, immunities, and interests and otherwise to
carry
out the purposes of this Agreement.
3. Name
of Surviving Corporation; Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Directors;
Officers.
3.1 Name
of Surviving Corporation.
The
name of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Date shall be
SMF
Energy Corporation.
3.2 Certificate
of Incorporation.
The
Certificate of Incorporation of SMF in effect on the date hereof shall from
and
after the Effective Date be, and continue to be, the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until changed or amended as provided
by law.
3.3 Bylaws.
The
Bylaws of SMF, as in effect immediately before the Effective Date, shall from
and after the Effective Date be, and continue to be, the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until amended as provided therein.
3.4 Directors
and Officers.
At the
Effective Date of the Merger, the members of the board of directors, the board
committees, and the officers of Streicher in office at the Effective Date of
the
Merger shall become the members of the board of directors, board committees
and
the officers, respectively, of the Surviving Corporation, each of such
directors, committee members and officers to hold office, subject to the
applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation and the DGCL, until his or her successor is duly elected
or appointed and qualified.
4. Status
and Conversion of Securities.
The
manner and basis of converting the shares of the capital stock of Streicher
and
the nature and amount of securities of SMF which the holders of shares of
Streicher common stock are to receive in exchange for such shares are as
follows:
4.1 Streicher
Common Stock.
Each
one share of Streicher common stock which shall be issued and outstanding
immediately before the Effective Date shall, by virtue of the Merger and without
any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted at the Effective
Date
into one fully paid share of SMF common stock, and outstanding certificates
representing shares of Streicher common stock shall thereafter represent shares
of SMF common stock. Such certificates may, but need not be, exchanged by the
holders thereof after the Merger becomes effective for new certificates for
the
appropriate number of shares bearing the name of the Surviving
Corporation.
4.2 Options.
Each
option to acquire shares of Streicher’s common stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Date of the Merger shall, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into and
become an equivalent option to acquire, upon the same terms and conditions,
the
number of shares of the Surviving Corporation’s common stock, which is equal to
the number of shares of Streicher’s common stock that the optionee would have
received had the optionee exercised such option in full immediately prior to
the
Effective Date of the Merger (whether or not such option was then exercisable)
and the exercise price per share under each of said options shall be equal
to
the exercise price per share thereunder immediately prior to the Effective
Date
of the Merger, unless otherwise provided in the instrument granting such
option.
4.3 Other
Rights.
Any
other right, including warrants, by contract or otherwise, to acquire shares
of
Streicher’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date of
the Merger shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of
the holder thereof, be converted into and become a right to acquire, upon the
same terms and conditions, the number of shares of the Surviving Corporation’s
common stock which is equal to the number of shares of Streicher’s common stock
that the right holder would have received had the right holder exercised such
right in full immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger (whether
or
not such right was then exercisable) and the exercise price per share under
each
of said rights shall be equal to the exercise price per share thereunder
immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger, unless otherwise provided
in the agreement granting such right.
5. Abandonment
of Merger.
At any
time before the Effective Date of the Merger and before after filing the
Certificate of Merger or Articles of Merger, this Agreement of Merger and Plan
of Merger and Reorganization may be terminated and the Merger abandoned by
the
shareholders of Streicher.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
this
Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto on the date first above
written.
|
|
|
|
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.,
a
Florida corporation
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright, President and Chief |
|
Executive
Officer
|
|
|
|
|
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION,
a
Delaware corporation
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
|
|
Richard
E. Gathright, President and Chief |
|
Executive
Officer
|
BYLAWS
OF
SMF
ENERGY CORPORATION
Adopted
October 6, 2006
ARTICLE
1
OFFICES
The
registered office of SMF Energy Corporation (the “Company”)
in the
State of Delaware will be as provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation
of
the Company, as amended (the “Certificate
of Incorporation”).
The
Company will have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine.
ARTICLE
2
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Annual
Meetings.
The
annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the
transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting
will
be held on the date and at the time and place fixed, from time to time, by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
2.2 Special
Meetings.
Except
as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders may be called
only by those persons specified in the Certificate of Incorporation.
2.3 Notice
of Meeting.
Written
notice stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given
not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting,
except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, either
personally or by mail, electronic mail, prepaid telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission, cablegram or overnight courier, to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice will be deemed to
be
given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to
the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the stock records
of the Company.
2.4 Waiver.
Attendance of a stockholder of the Company, either in person or by proxy, at
any
meeting, whether annual or special, will constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except where a stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose
of
objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A written waiver of
notice of any such meeting signed by a stockholder or stockholders entitled
to
such notice, whether before, at or after the time for notice or the time of
the
meeting, will be equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted
at,
nor the purposes of, any meeting need be specified in any written waiver of
notice.
2.5 Notice
of Business to be Transacted at Meetings of Stockholders.
No
business may be transacted at any meeting of stockholders, including the
nomination or election of persons to the Board of Directors, other than business
that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof) with respect to an annual meeting or a special
meeting called by any of the persons specified in Section 7.1 of the Certificate
of Incorporation, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at
the
direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof)
or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any stockholder of
the
Corporation (1) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of
the
notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and on the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (2) who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. In addition
to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before
a meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
(a) To
be
timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed
and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less
than
ninety days nor more than one hundred twenty days prior to the first anniversary
of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event
that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more
than
sixty days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely
must be so delivered not earlier than on the one hundred twentieth day prior
to
such annual meeting and not later than the later of the ninetieth day prior
to
such annual meeting or the tenth day following the earlier of (i) the day on
which notice of the meeting was mailed or (ii) the date public announcement
of
the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation . In no event shall
the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting
commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of
stockholder’s notice as described above.
(b) To
be in
proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding any
business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting, (i) a brief description of the business desired
to be
brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business
(including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the
event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language
of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at
the
annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii)
the
class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which
are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description
of
all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person
or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such
business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder
in
such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear
in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the
meeting.
(c) To
be in
proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary regarding
nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must set forth
(a)
as to each proposed nominee, (i) the name, age, business address and residence
address of the nominee, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the
nominee, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of
the
Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee and (iv)
any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant
to
Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”),
and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder
giving the notice, (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii)
the
class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which
are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description
of
all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed
nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to
which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a
representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy
at
the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other
information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed
in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with
solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of
the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice
must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being
named
as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
(d) No
business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders, and no person
nominated by a stockholder shall be eligible for election as a director, unless
proper notice was given with respect to the proposed action in compliance with
the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. Determinations of the chairman
of
the meeting as to whether those procedures were complied with in a particular
case shall be final and binding.
2.6 Quorum.
Except
as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
the holders of not less than one-third of the shares entitled to vote at any
meeting of the stockholders, present in person or by proxy, will constitute
a
quorum. If a quorum is not present at any meeting, the chairman of the meeting
may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice if the time and place
are announced at the meeting, until a quorum will be present. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted that might
have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more
than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for
the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting will be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.7 Procedure.
The
order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the
stockholders may be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman
of
any meeting of the stockholders shall be the chairman of the Board of Directors
or, in his or her absence, the most senior officer of the Company present at
the
meeting.
2.8 Conduct
of the Meeting.
At each
meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer of the meeting shall fix and
announce the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for
each
matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting and shall determine
the order of business and all other matters of procedure. The Board of Directors
may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct
of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the
extent inconsistent with any such rules and regulations adopted by the Board
of
Directors, the presiding officer of the meeting shall have the right and
authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting and to establish rules,
regulations, and procedures, which need not be in writing, for the conduct
of
the meeting and to maintain order and safety. Without limiting the foregoing,
he
or she may:
(a) restrict
attendance at any time to bona fide stockholders of record and their proxies
and
other persons in attendance at the invitation of the presiding officer or Board
of Directors;
(b) place
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement
thereof;
(c) restrict
dissemination of solicitation materials and use of audio or visual recording
devices at the meeting;
(d) adjourn
the meeting without a vote of the stockholders, whether or not there is a quorum
present; and
(e) make
rules governing speeches and debate, including time limits and access to
microphones.
The
presiding officer of the meeting shall act in his or her absolute discretion
and
his or her rulings shall not be subject to appeal.
ARTICLE
3
DIRECTORS
3.1 Number.
Subject
to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors
will be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolutions adopted by the Board
of Directors.
3.2 Regular
Meetings.
The
Board of Directors shall meet immediately after, and at the same place as,
the
annual meeting of the stockholders, provided a quorum is present, and no notice
of such meeting will be necessary in order to legally constitute the meeting.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors will be held at such times and places
as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
3.3 Special
Meetings.
Special
meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time, at any place
and
for any purpose by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer,
or by
a majority of the Board of Directors.
3.4 Notice
of Meetings.
Notice
of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given. Notice of
every
special meeting of the Board of Directors will be given to each director at
his
usual place of business or at such other address as will have been furnished
by
him for such purpose. Such notice will be properly and timely given if it is
(a) deposited in the United States mail not later than the third calendar
day preceding the date of the meeting or (b) personally delivered,
telegraphed, sent by facsimile transmission or communicated by telephone at
least twenty-four hours before the time of the meeting. Such notice need not
include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of,
any
such meeting.
3.5 Waiver.
Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors will constitute
a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting
for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. A written waiver of notice signed by a director or directors entitled
to such notice, whether before, at, or after the time for notice or the time
of
the meeting, will be equivalent to the giving of such notice.
3.6 Quorum.
Except
as may be otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, the presence of a majority of the directors then in office will be
necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and the act of a majority of the
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be deemed
the
act of the Board of Directors. Less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting of
the
Board of Directors from time to time without notice.
3.7 Participation
in Meetings by Telephone.
Members
of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in
a
meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other and such participation will constitute presence
in
person at such meeting.
3.8 Action
Without a Meeting.
Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if written
consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such
committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the board or committee. Any such consent may be in
counterparts and will be effective on the date of the last signature thereon
unless otherwise provided therein.
3.9 Fees
and Compensation of Directors.
Unless
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the
Board of Directors, by resolution or resolutions may, fix the compensation
of
directors. The directors may be reimbursed for their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a fixed
sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary
as a director. Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall preclude any director
from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefore. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
compensation for attending committee meetings.
ARTICLE
4
COMMITTEES
4.1 Designation
of Committees.
The
Board of Directors may establish committees for the performance of delegated
or
designated functions to the extent permitted by law, each committee to consist
of one or more directors of the Company. In the absence or disqualification
of a
member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum,
may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.
4.2 Committee
Powers and Authority.
Except
to the extent otherwise required by law, the Board of Directors may provide,
by
resolution or by amendment to these Bylaws, that a committee may exercise all
or
any portion of the power and authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Company.
ARTICLE
5
OFFICERS
5.1 Number.
The
officers of the Company shall be a President, a Chief Executive Officer, a
Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of
Directors.
5.2 Additional
Officers.
Such
additional officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be
elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may
be
held by the same person, except the offices of President and
Secretary.
5.3 Term
of Office.
The
officers will be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting
of the Board of Directors held after the annual meeting of the stockholders.
If
the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall
be held as soon thereafter as practicable.
5.4 Removal.
Any
officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its best
judgment the best interests of the Company will be served thereby, but such
removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person
so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself
create contract rights.
5.5 Vacancies.
Any
vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for
the
unexpired portion of the term.
5.6 Duties.
The
officers of the Company will perform the duties and exercise the powers as
may
be assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors, the President
and/or the Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE
6
CAPITAL
STOCK
6.1 Certificates.
The
shares of capital stock of the Company shall be represented by certificates,
unless the Board of Directors provides by resolution or resolutions that some
or
all of the shares of any class or classes, or series thereof, of the Company’s
capital stock shall be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any
such
resolution or resolutions by the Board of Directors providing for uncertificated
shares, to the extent required by law, every holder of capital stock of the
Company represented by certificates, and upon request, every holder of
uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to a certificate representing such
shares. Certificates for shares of stock of the Company shall be issued under
the seal of the Company, or a facsimile thereof, and shall be numbered and
shall
be entered in the books of the Company as they are issued. Each certificate
shall bear a serial number, shall exhibit the holders’ name and the number of
shares evidenced thereby, and shall be signed by the chairman of the Board
or a
vice chairman, if any, or the president, if any, or any vice president, and
by
the Secretary. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a
facsimile. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose
facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to
be
such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued,
the
certificate may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such person
or entity were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
6.2 Registered
Stockholders.
The
Company will be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares
of
stock of the Company as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, will not
be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share
or
shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has actual or other
notice thereof, except as provided by law.
6.3 Cancellation
of Certificates.
All
certificates surrendered to the Company will be canceled and, except in the
case
of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, no new certificates will be issued
until the former certificate or certificates for the same number of shares
of
the same class of stock have been surrendered and canceled.
6.4 Lost,
Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates.
The
Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued
in
place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company
alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit
of that fact in a form acceptable to the Board of Directors by the person
claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed. In
its
discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any such new
certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may require that the owner
of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such person’s
legal representative, give the Company and its transfer agent or agents,
registrar or registrars a bond in such form and amount as the Board of Directors
may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company
and its transfer agent or agents, registrar or registrars on account of the
alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance
of
such new certificate.
6.5 Transfers.
Transfers of stock of the Company shall be made on the books of the Company
only
upon surrender to the Company of a certificate (if any) for the shares duly
endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or
authority to transfer; provided, however, that such succession, assignment
or
transfer is not prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws,
applicable law, or contract. Thereupon, the Company shall issue a new
certificate (if requested) to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old
certificate (if any), and record the transaction upon its books. The Board
of
Directors may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers,
and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such
transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers.
ARTICLE
7
FISCAL
YEAR
7.1 Fiscal
Year.
The
Company’s fiscal year will end on the 30th of June of each year.
ARTICLE
8
AMENDMENTS
8.1 Amendments.
Subject
to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and
these
Bylaws, the Board of Directors may amend these Bylaws or enact such other Bylaws
as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of
the
affairs of the Company.
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC
This
Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors
For
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders on December 8, 2006
The
undersigned hereby appoints Richard E. Gathright and Michael S. Shore, and
each
of them as proxies, each with full power of substitution and authorizes them
to
represent and to vote as designated on the reverse side of this form, all the
shares of Common Stock of Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc. held of record by
the
undersigned on October 20, 2006, at the Annual Meeting Shareholders to be held
on December 8, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. local time at The Westin Fort Lauderdale,
400
Corporate Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or any adjournment or postponement
of
such meeting.
THIS
PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY
THE
UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED
FOR
THE PROPOSALS LISTED HEREIN.
(Continued
and to be signed on the reverse side)
ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF
STREICHER
MOBILE FUELING, INC.
December
8, 2006
Please
date, sign and mail your
proxy
card in the envelope provided as soon as possible!
ê
Please
detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided ê
THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS
A
VOTE FOR ALL OF THE PROPOSALS.
Please
Mark Your Vote In Blue Or Black As Shown Here x
1.
ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS:
£ |
FOR ALL NOMINEES |
O
WENDELL R. BEARD
O
RICHARD E. GATHRIGHT
|
|
|
|
£ |
WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
FOR ALL NOMINEES
|
O
STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG
O
LARRY S. MULKEY
O
C. RODNEY O’CONNOR
|
|
|
|
£ |
FOR ALL EXCEPT
(See instructions below)
|
O
ROBERT S. PICOW
O
NAT MOORE
|
INSTRUCTION:
To withhold authority to vote for any for any individual nominee(s), mark “FOR
ALL EXCEPT” and in the circle next to each nominee you wish to withhold, as
shown here. O
on
the
space provided below.)
2. |
APPROVE
A CHANGE OF THE COMPANY’S NAME TO SMF ENERGY
CORPORATION
|
£
FOR £
AGAINST
3.
|
APPROVE
THE MERGER OF THE COMPANY WITH AND INTO ITS WHOLLY-OWNED DELAWARE
SUBSIDIARY, SMF ENERGY CORPORATION, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CHANGING
THE
COMPANY’S STATE OF DOMICILE
|
£
FOR £
AGAINST
4.
|
IN
THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE
ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT
THEREOF.
|
PLEASE
MARK, SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE ENVELOPE
PROVIDED. NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES.
_______________________
________________________ Dated:
______________________, 2006
(SIGNATURE) (SIGNATURE,
IF HELD JOINTLY)
NOTE:
|
Please
sign exactly as your name appears hereon and mail it promptly even
though
you may plan to attend the meeting. When shares are held by joint
tenants,
both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation,
please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized
officer. If a partnership, please sign in the partnership name by
authorized person.
|